New demonstrations about the resolution of numbers into squares
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Publication:6209739
arXiv0806.0104MaRDI QIDQ6209739FDOQ6209739
Authors: Leonhard Euler 
Publication date: 31 May 2008
Abstract: Translated from the Latin original "Novae demonstrationes circa resolutionem numerorum in quadrata" (1774). E445 in the Enestrom index. See Chapter III, section XI of Weil's "Number theory: an approach through history". Also, a very clear proof of the four squares theorem based on Euler's is Theorem 370 in Hardy and Wright, "An introduction to the theory of numbers", fifth ed. It uses Theorem 87 in Hardy and Wright, but otherwise does not assume anything else from their book. I translated most of the paper and checked those details a few months ago, but only finished last few parts now. If anything isn't clear please email me.
History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25)
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