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Sum of Squares Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Benjamin Fine
Benjamin Fine*
Affiliation:
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Abstract

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One of the nicest results in elementary number theory is the following, giving the relation between quadratic residues and sums of squares.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , 01 February 1977 , pp. 155 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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