Lagrange and the four-square theorem

DOI10.1007/s40329-014-0052-2zbMath1350.01012OpenAlexW2065238739MaRDI QIDQ262181

Jenny Boucard

Publication date: 29 March 2016

Published in: Lettera Matematica. International Edition (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-014-0052-2

zbMATH Keywords

sums of squaresfour-square theoremindeterminate equationsmethod of infinite descent

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of number theory (11-03) Power residues, reciprocity (11A15)

Cites Work

• Modular arithmetic before C. F. Gauss: systematizations and discussions on remainder problems in 18th-century Germany
• On Euler's contributions to the four-squares theorem
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