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In this chapter we will study this set of numbers, its primes, and some related questions. In particular, we will explain which natural numbers are sums of two squares by proving the following result.
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Aka, M., Einsiedler, M., Ward, T. (2020). Sums of Two Squares. In: A Journey Through The Realm of Numbers. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55233-6_4
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