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Every positive integer is a sum of at most n + 2 centered n-gonal numbers

  • Benjamin Lee Warren EMAIL logo and Miroslav Kureš
Published/Copyright: June 9, 2025
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Abstract

It is proved that every positive integer can be expressed as a sum of at most n + 2 centered n-gonal numbers. Some specifying and generalizing results are added to this.

  1. (Communicated by István Gaál)

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Received: 2024-07-12
Accepted: 2025-01-07
Published Online: 2025-06-09
Published in Print: 2025-06-26

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