English Title
On numbers which are the sum of two squares
Enestrom Number
228
Fuss Index
59
Original Language
Latin
Content Summary
Euler does some examples determining whether certain numbers, like 100,981 and 1,000,009 are prime (yes and no, respectively). Primality testing seems to be his main application here.
Published as
Journal article
Published Date
1758
Written Date
1749
Original Source Citation
Novi Commentarii academiae scientiarum Petropolitanae, Volume 4, pp. 3-40.
Opera Omnia Citation
Series 1, Volume 2, pp.295-327.
Record Created
2018-09-25
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