Conjecture on representations by three signed triangular-number forms

Let N0\mathbb{N}_0 denote the set of nonnegative integers. Consider the two forms

a(2a1)+b(2b1)+c(2c+1)a(2a-1)+b(2b-1)+c(2c+1)

and

a(2a1)+b(2b+1)+c(2c+1),a(2a-1)+b(2b+1)+c(2c+1),

where a,b,cN0a,b,c\in\mathbb{N}_0. Three-form representation conjecture. Every natural number other than 88 and 6868 can be written in at least one of these two forms. This conjecture proposes a near-universal representation theorem for natural numbers by combinations of triangular-number expressions; the stated exceptions are the only excluded values.

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Primary source

Dmitry Krachun, “On sums of triangular numbers”, arXiv:1602.01133 (2016).

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