Conjecture on sums of a practical number and two polygonal numbers

For s{4,5,6,7,8,10}s\in\{4,5,6,7,8,10\}, an ss-gonal number is a number in the corresponding polygonal-number sequence, and a practical number is a natural number whose positive integers up to it can be represented as sums of distinct divisors. A sum of two ss-gonal numbers allows the two summands to be chosen independently.

Conjecture on two polygonal summands. For s{4,5,6,7,8,10}s\in\{4,5,6,7,8,10\}, all natural numbers can be written as a sum of a practical number and two ss-gonal numbers.

The conjecture is motivated by computational verification for all natural numbers below 10810^8 and is described in the source as a stronger version of a cited theorem for these values of ss. The supplied status evidence says that the conjecture does not hold for other values of ss; no counterexample to the stated finite set of values is supplied.

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Sai Teja Somu and Duc Van Khanh Tran, “On Sums of Practical Numbers and Polygonal Numbers”, arXiv:2403.13533 (2024).

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