Table of integers not exceeding $10 00000$ that are not expressible as the sum of four tetrahedral numbers
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- © Copyright 1958 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Math. Comp. 12 (1958), 141-144
- MSC: Primary 65.00
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1958-0099756-3
- MathSciNet review: 0099756