Density conjecture for sums of three binary squares

Let S3S_3 be the set of natural numbers that are the sum of three binary squares, and let α3\alpha_3 denote its lower asymptotic density.

Density conjecture. The lower asymptotic density satisfies

α3<0.9.\alpha_3<0.9.

This conjecture is motivated by numerical evidence concerning representations as sums of binary squares. The supplied context does not indicate whether the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Parthasarathy Madhusudan, Dirk Nowotka, Aayush Rajasekaran and Jeffrey Shallit, “Lagrange's Theorem for Binary Squares”, arXiv:1710.04247 (2018).

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