American Citizen on Thu, 27 Nov 2025 01:53:36 +0100


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question on fitting a function to an actual distribution


Hello:

I have been pushing forward, using a function in gp-pari script written by Max Alekseyev, which finds how many sets of square triads might sum to a given number. For example n=194 results in [[0, 5, 13], [1, 7, 12], [3, 4, 13], [3, 8, 11], [5, 5, 12], [7, 8, 9]] or six triads, the number 194 is the smallest for 6 triads. His program works very well, and I verified it for the values of 1 <= n <= 1e7. (first 240 values of rel max highs)

I have a collection of 41,374 triad counts for the 1 <= count <= 41374 with the n value given.

This distribution seems to follow:

(1)  n =  5.32459104391076 * count ^ 1.93934231682073

which is a linear graphic when plotted on a log-log scale.

But at the very first the distribution curiously drops below (1) for the first dozen or two dozen values.

Would anyone be curious to find a better fit for the value of n versus the count value of square triads? I am happy to send you the 41374 row file of currently determined values, for testing purposes.

Randall