A345510 Numbers that are the sum of ten squares in three or more ways.

34, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104

Offset

1,1

Links

Sean A. Irvine, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,-1).

Formula

From Chai Wah Wu, May 09 2024: (Start)

All integers >= 48 are terms. Proof: since 29 can be written as the sum of 5 positive squares in 3 ways and any integer >= 34 can be written as a sum of 5 positive squares (see A025429), any integer >= 63 can be written as a sum of 10 positive squares in 3 or more ways. Integers from 48 to 62 are terms by inspection.

a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n > 9.

G.f.: x*(-x^8 + x^7 - x^6 + x^5 - x^4 - x^3 - 31*x + 34)/(x - 1)^2. (End)

a(n) = n + 40 for n > 7. - Charles R Greathouse IV, May 26 2026

Example

37 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 2^2 + 5^2
   = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + 3^2 + 3^2
   = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 4^2
   = 1^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2 + 2^2
so 37 is a term.

Prog

(Python)
from itertools import combinations_with_replacement as cwr
from collections import defaultdict
keep = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
power_terms = [x**2 for x in range(1, 1000)]
for pos in cwr(power_terms, 10):
    tot = sum(pos)
    keep[tot] += 1
    rets = sorted([k for k, v in keep.items() if v >= 3])
    for x in range(len(rets)):
        print(rets[x])
(PARI) a(n)=if(n>7, n+40, [34, 37, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46][n]) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, May 26 2026

Crossrefs

Cf. A345500, A345509, A345551, A025429.

Sequence in context: A067190 A306119 A218006 * A300155 A250738 A281239

Adjacent sequences: A345507 A345508 A345509 * A345511 A345512 A345513

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

David Consiglio, Jr., Jun 20 2021

Status

approved