On primitive solutions of the Diophantine equation x2 + y2 = M


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2021

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Journal Article

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We provide explicit formulae for primitive, integral solutions to the Diophantine equation x2+y2=M , where M is a product of powers of Pythagorean primes, i.e., of primes of the form 4n+1 . It turns out that this is a nice application of the theory of Gaussian integers.

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19 (1)

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863 - 868

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De Gruyter

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Pythagorean primes; Diophantine equation

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03874 - Hungerbühler, Norbert / Hungerbühler, Norbert check_circle

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