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Note on representing a prime as a sum of two squares
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Math. Comp. 26 (1972), 1011-1013 Request permission

Abstract:

An improvement is given to the method of Hermite for finding $a$ and $b$ in $p = {a^2} + {b^2}$, where $p$ is a ${\text {prime}} \equiv 1\pmod 4$.
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  • © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 26 (1972), 1011-1013
  • MSC: Primary 10A25; Secondary 10A30
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1972-0314745-6
  • MathSciNet review: 0314745