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A Note on the Two-Square Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Benjamin Fine
Benjamin Fine*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut06430
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One of the nicest theorems of elementary number theory is the two-square theorem of Fermat.

A prime p is expressible as the sum of 2 squares if and only if -1 is a quadratic residue mod p.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , 01 March 1977 , pp. 93 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

References

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