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Sum of a triangular number, a generalized pentagonal number, and a generalized heptagonal number

Any nonnegative integer can be written as $x(x+1)/2 + y(3y+1)/2 + z(5z+1)/2$ with $x, y, z$ nonnegative integers.

Zhi-Wei Sun has offered a USD 135 prize for the first proof of this conjecture.

References:

    A287616

    Zhi-Wei Sun, "Universal sums of three quadratic polynomials", arXiv:1502.03056 [math.NT]

namespace OeisA287616

The predicate that n can be written as $x(x+1)/2 + y(3y+1)/2 + z(5z+1)/2$ for nonnegative integers $x, y, z$.

def A (n : ) : Prop := x y z : , n = x * (x + 1) / 2 + y * (3 * y + 1) / 2 + z * (5 * z + 1) / 2 @[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_0 : A 0 := 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0 * (0 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (3 * 0 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (5 * 0 + 1) / 2 All goals completed! 🐙 @[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_1 : A 1 := 1, 0, 0, 1 = 1 * (1 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (3 * 0 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (5 * 0 + 1) / 2 All goals completed! 🐙 @[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_2 : A 2 := 0, 1, 0, 2 = 0 * (0 + 1) / 2 + 1 * (3 * 1 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (5 * 0 + 1) / 2 All goals completed! 🐙 @[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_3 : A 3 := 2, 0, 0, 3 = 2 * (2 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (3 * 0 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (5 * 0 + 1) / 2 All goals completed! 🐙 @[category test, AMS 11] theorem a_4 : A 4 := 1, 0, 1, 4 = 1 * (1 + 1) / 2 + 0 * (3 * 0 + 1) / 2 + 1 * (5 * 1 + 1) / 2 All goals completed! 🐙

Zhi-Wei Sun's Conjecture (A287616): Any nonnegative integer can be written as the sum of a triangular number $x(x+1)/2$, a generalized pentagonal number $y(3y+1)/2$, and a generalized heptagonal number $z(5z+1)/2$, where $x, y, z$ are nonnegative integers.

@[category research open, AMS 11] theorem declaration uses 'sorry'conjecture (n : ) : A n := n:A n All goals completed! 🐙 end OeisA287616