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 August 29th, 2013, 12:29 PM #1 Member   Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Express a cube as sum of squares .... Hi there, Is there a way to express n^3 as sum of squares and ns? n is an integer>1 Thank you.
 August 29th, 2013, 01:23 PM #2 Senior Member   Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 628 Thanks: 1 Re: Express a cube as sum of squares .... You need to be more specific with this question. There is only one way of representing $n^3$ in terms of n, although it is possible that $n^3$ can be represented as a sum of squares. Trivially, every cube can be expressed as a sum of squares since 1 is a square. If you were to change this to "sum of distinct squares" then there would be many cubes which could not be so represented, 8 being the first. Another possibility is to restrict the number of squares. For instance, $2^3= 2^2 + 2^2$, so it is representable as a sum of two squares.
 August 29th, 2013, 01:34 PM #3 Global Moderator     Joined: Nov 2006 From: UTC -5 Posts: 16,046 Thanks: 938 Math Focus: Number theory, computational mathematics, combinatorics, FOM, symbolic logic, TCS, algorithms Re: Express a cube as sum of squares .... You can express any nonnegative integer as a sum of four squares. Do you have something more specific in mind?
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 Originally Posted by CRGreathouse You can express any nonnegative integer as a sum of four squares.
Do you know how to prove that? I would be interested in seeing the argument.

 August 29th, 2013, 01:40 PM #5 Member   Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Re: Express a cube as sum of squares .... Sorry. Im talking about a general formula. n^3 is expressed by ns (squares and degree 1)
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 Originally Posted by Mouhaha Sorry. Im talking about a general formula. n^3 is expressed by ns (squares and degree 1)
There is no formula in terms of a quadratic function that would work for all n. This is what I meant when I said the only way to represent $n^3$ in terms of n is $n^3$.

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 Originally Posted by Mouhaha Sorry. Im talking about a general formula. n^3 is expressed by ns (squares and degree 1)
There is no formula in terms of a quadratic function that would work for all n. This is what I meant when I said the only way to represent $n^3$ in terms of n is $n^3$.
If so then I have maybe found something very interesting.

 August 29th, 2013, 03:23 PM #8 Member   Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Re: Express a cube as sum of squares .... please read it carefully how to express n^3 as elegant sum of squares and ns? Let n=2k an even integer C(n,3)=(n*(n-1)*(n-2))/6 Here is an identity to check : C(n,3)=sigma(2i^2)) with i=1 to n-1 Example : C(8,3)=2^2+4^2+6^2=56 Let n=2k+1 an odd integer Here is an identity to check : C(n,3)=sigma((2i+1)*^2) with i=0 to n-1 Example : C(11,3)=1^2+3^2+5^2+7^2+9^2=165 Now you can easily deduce n^3 and express it as said above. I will let you do it and write it in Latex.
 August 29th, 2013, 03:52 PM #9 Global Moderator     Joined: Nov 2006 From: UTC -5 Posts: 16,046 Thanks: 938 Math Focus: Number theory, computational mathematics, combinatorics, FOM, symbolic logic, TCS, algorithms Re: Express a cube as sum of squares .... If you're allowed unbounded sums there are thousands of identities. You can check this one with Faulhaber's formula, if you like.
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 Originally Posted by CRGreathouse If you're allowed unbounded sums there are thousands of identities. You can check this one with Faulhaber's formula, if you like.
It the identity correct?

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