Thue’s lemma
Let p be a prime number of the form 4k+1 . Then there are two unique integers a and b with 0<a<b such that p=a2+b2. Additionally, if a number p can be written in as the sum of two squares in 2 different ways (i.e. p=a2+b2 and p=c2+d2 with the two sums being different), then the number p is composite.
Title | Thue’s lemma |
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Canonical name | ThuesLemma |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 13:19:05 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 13:19:05 |
Owner | mathcam (2727) |
Last modified by | mathcam (2727) |
Numerical id | 8 |
Author | mathcam (2727) |
Entry type | Theorem |
Classification | msc 11A41 |
Related topic | RepresentingPrimesAsX2ny2 |