ON NUMBERS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF TWO SQUARES IN MORE THAN ONE WAY

Leonhard Euler gives no proof to the statement r=(aa=bb)(cc+bb). Since none of the authors were aware of this idea, Li et al tried to prove it, and found an advance proof using the unique factorization property of Gaussian integers. This proof had the disappointing feature that it did not show how t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mathematics and computer education 2009-04, Vol.43 (2), p.102
Hauptverfasser:	Li, Ming-Sun, Robertson, Kathryn, Osler, Thomas J, Hassen, Abdul, Simons, Christopher S, Wright, Marcus
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Euler, Leonhard (1707-83) Linear equations Mathematical models Mathematical problems Mathematicians Theorems
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