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A Note on the Two-Square Theorem
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
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One of the nicest theorems of elementary number theory is the two-square theorem of Fermat.
A prime p is expressible as the sum of 2 squares if and only if -1 is a quadratic residue mod p.
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