Sun's prime–Pell-number representation conjecture

Let P0=0P_0=0, P1=1P_1=1, and Pn+1=2Pn+Pn1P_{n+1}=2P_n+P_{n-1} for n=1,2,3,n=1,2,3,\ldots be the Pell sequence. Sun's prime–Pell-number conjecture. Every integer n>5n>5 can be written as the sum of an odd prime, a Pell number, and twice a Pell number; equivalently,

n=p+Ps+2Pt.n=p+P_s+2P_t.

The two Pell numbers can further be required to be positive. The source describes this as an analogue of the prime–Fibonacci–Fibonacci conjecture and reports computational verification up to 5×10135\times10^{13}, but gives no proof or disproof.

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Primary source

Zhi-Wei Sun, “Mixed sums of primes and other terms”, arXiv:0901.3075 (2009).

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