{"paper":{"title":"On the addition of squares of units modulo n","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["math.NT"],"primary_cat":"math.CO","authors_text":"Mohsen Mollahajiaghaei","submitted_at":"2016-07-29T14:59:46Z","abstract_excerpt":"Let $\\mathbb{Z}_n$ be the ring of residue classes modulo $n$, and let $\\mathbb{Z}_n^{\\ast}$ be the group of its units. 90 years ago, Brauer obtained a formula for the number of representations of $c\\in \\mathbb{Z}_n$ as the sum of $k$ units. Recently, Yang and Tang in [Q. Yang, M. Tang, On the addition of squares of units and nonunits modulo $n$, J. Number Theory., 155 (2015) 1--12] gave a formula for the number of solutions of the equation $x_1^2+x_2^2=c$ with $x_{1},x_{2}\\in \\mathbb{Z}_n^{\\ast}$. In this paper, we generalize this result. We find an explicit formula for the number of solutions"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1607.08837","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}