The finite test set conjecture for sums of triangular numbers representing odd integers
Let colon be a sum of triangular numbers, and say that represents an integer when there is an admissible choice of variables for which . The claim concerns representation of the set of all odd positive integers.
Finite test set conjecture. A sum of triangular numbers represents all odd integers if and only if it represents the integers
This conjecture proposes an explicit finite test set for odd integers; the surrounding theorem establishes only the general existence of some finite subset, while the displayed set is supported by a computer calculation and its sufficiency remains to be proved.
References
Primary source
Ben Kane, “Representing Sets with Sums of Triangular Numbers”, arXiv:0903.3026 (2009).
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