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Expression and Square Sum (Posted on 2016-08-17)

N is an odd positive integer .
Is the expression (3^3N - 1)/( 3^N - 1) always expressible as the sum of squares of two positive integers for every value of N?

Provide adequate reasoning for your answer.

Submitted by K Sengupta

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The expression 3^3n -1/(3^n-1) is always expressible as the sum of squares for every odd value of n.
The property may NOT hold for every even value of n.
For example, when n=2, the value of the expression is 91 which is NOT expressible as the sum of two squares.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by xdog in this location.

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	Subject	Author	Date
	solution	xdog	2016-08-17 10:47:06

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