On Euler's contributions to the four-squares theorem

DOI10.1006/HMAT.1993.1003zbMATH Open0767.01016OpenAlexW2009660121MaRDI QIDQ1209759FDOQ1209759

Authors: Herbert Pieper 

Publication date: 16 May 1993

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1993.1003

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zbMATH Keywords

four-squares theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03)

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