0, 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, 92, 117, 145, 176, 210, 247, 287, 330, 376, 425, 477, 532, 590, 651, 715, 782, 852, 925, 1001, 1080, 1162, 1247, 1335, 1426, 1520, 1617, 1717, 1820, 1926, 2035, 2147, 2262, 2380, 2501, 2625, 2752, 2882, 3015, 3151
There are conjectured to be exactly 210 positive integers that cannot be represented using three pentagonal numbers, namely
There are six positive integers that cannot be expressed using four pentagonal numbers
Questions:
(*) Find how pentagonal numbers relate to triangular numbers
(*) Show that every positive integer can be expressed as a sum of 5 or fewer pentagonal numbers
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