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Sums of Squares (Posted on 2005-02-21) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Some integers cannot be written as a sum of distinct positive squares. Does there exist a largest such integer? If so, find it.

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re: researched (spoiler) | Comment 5 of 8 |
(In reply to researched (spoiler) by Charlie)

What about proof? The list could be verified with a program, but proving that every number greater than 128 can be expressed as a sum of distinct squares cannot be done with any program.

Edited on February 22, 2005, 5:28 pm
  Posted by Richard on 2005-02-22 17:22:39

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