Representations of Integers as Sums of Squares
Representations of Integers as Sums of Squares
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DOI:
10.1006/jnth.2001.2765
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发表时间:
2002-08
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0.7
通讯作者:
K. Ono
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作者:
K. Ono
The general problem of determining exact formulas for r(s;n) is classical in number theory. One may consult the popular book by E. Grosswald [G] for a thorough account (as of the early 1980’s) of the subject complete with references. The series Θ(z) is a modular form, and so there are abstract formulas for r(s;n) as the Fourier coefficients of modular forms. Specifically, it is well known that Θ(z) = E∗ s (z)+cs(z), where E ∗ s (z) is an Eisenstein series with explicit coefficients and cs(z) is a cusp form. Using this fact, one may deduce asymptotic information for r(s;n). Rankin proved [R] that cs(z) is non-trivial for every s > 8. Therefore, the problem of computing non-trivial formulas for r(s;n) remains since the coefficients of cusp forms, although small, rarely have simple descriptions. In a startling turnabout, Milne [M1] announced formulas for r(4s;n) and r(4s+4s;n) for every s. His formulas were obtained by combining a variety of methods and observations