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Mathematics of Computation

Published by the American Mathematical Society since 1960 (published as Mathematical Tables and other Aids to Computation 1943-1959), Mathematics of Computation is devoted to research articles of the highest quality in computational mathematics.

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Quintuples with square triplets
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Math. Comp. 64 (1995), 1755-1756 Request permission

Abstract:

By applying modern computing power to an 1848 formula of C. Gill, we find five positive integers, every three of which sum to a square.
References
    L. E. Dickson, History of the theory of numbers, Vol. 2, Chelsea, New York, 1971. C. Gill, Application of the angular analysis to the solution of indeterminate problems of the second degree, Wiley, New York, 1848.
  • Richard K. Guy, Unsolved problems in number theory, 2nd ed., Problem Books in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994. Unsolved Problems in Intuitive Mathematics, I. MR 1299330, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-3585-4
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  • © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 64 (1995), 1755-1756
  • MSC: Primary 11E25; Secondary 11D09, 11Y55
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1995-1308462-9
  • MathSciNet review: 1308462