A Quixotic Proof of Fermat’s Two Squares Theorem for Prime Numbers
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چکیده
Every odd prime number p has exactly (p+1)/2 different expressions as a sum ab + cd of two ordered products and such that min(a,b)>max(c,d). An easy corollary is proof Fermat’s Theorem expressing primes in 1+4N sums squares.
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عنوان ژورنال: American Mathematical Monthly
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1930-0972', '0002-9890']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.2023.2242034