Abstract
We formalize the proofs of Cauchy's and Legendre's Polygonal Number Theorems given in Melvyn B. Nathanson's book "Additive Number Theory: The Classical Bases".
For
1. If
2. Let
We also formalize the proof of Gauss's theorem which states that every non-negative integer is the sum of three triangular numbers.
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- Nathanson, M. B. (1996). Additive Number Theory. In Graduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3845-2
Session Polygonal_Number_Theorem
- Polygonal_Number_Theorem_Lemmas
- Polygonal_Number_Theorem_Gauss
- Polygonal_Number_Theorem_Cauchy
- Polygonal_Number_Theorem_Legendre