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A gap problem in elementary additive combinatorics
Given $a,b\in\mathbb N$ define the set $$\chi(a,b)=\{M\in\{0,1\}^{n^a\times n^b}:\mbox{ every row of }M\mbox{ is distinct}\}.$$
Also given ${\bf{x}}=(x_1,\dots,x_{n^b})\in\mathbb Z^{n^b}$ define the ...
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Legendre's three-square theorem and squared norm of integer matrices
Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of non-negative integers. Let $E_n$ be the set of integers which are the sum of $n$ squares. Let $F_n$ be the set of integers of the form $\Vert A \Vert^2$ with $A \in M_n(...