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Old 04-11-2007, 12:46 AM
bigpooch bigpooch is offline
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Default Re: A challenging Number Theory problem

First of all, Lagrange proved that every non-negative
integer can be written as a sum of four squares (and since
the product of two non-negative integers is a non-negative
integer, it's clear).

What you are asking for is probably Euler's four-square
identity; here's a link to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%2...quare_identity
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