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Subtle Summed Squares (Posted on 2007-05-18)

Suppose a number N can be written as P times Q times R times..., where all of P, Q, R... can each be written as the sum of two perfect nonzero squares.

Show that in this case N itself can also be written as the sum of two perfect squares.

See The Solution Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): Not so fast!	Steve Herman	2017-12-02 10:11:18
re(2): Not so fast!	Federico Kereki	2007-05-21 22:15:49
re: Not so fast!	Jer	2007-05-21 12:26:28
Not so fast!	Steve Herman	2007-05-19 00:34:57
Solution	K Sengupta	2007-05-18 14:55:29
Solution	Jer	2007-05-18 13:03:28

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