Numbers represented by restricted sums of four squares

Abstract

In this paper, we prove some results of restricted sums of four squares using arithmetic of quaternions in the ring of Lipschitz integers. For example, we show that every nonnegative integer $n$ can be written as $x^2+y^2+z^2+t^2$ where $x,y,z,t$ are integers and $x+y+2z+2t$ is a square or a cube.

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