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Why was this visual proof missed for 400 years (Fermat's two square theorem)

Why was this visual proof missed for 400 years (Fermat's two square theorem)Why was this visual proof missed for 400 years (Fermat's two square theorem)

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Title :Why was this visual proof missed for 400 years (Fermat's two square theorem)
Duration : 33 minutes, 59 seconds
Uploader : Mathologer
Added On: : 25 January, 2020
Views : 1.0M times
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Source : YouTube

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Today's video is about a new really wonderfully simple and visual proof of Fermat's famous two square theorem An odd prime can be written as the sum of two integer squares iff it is of the form 4k+1. This proof is a visual incarnation of Zagier's (in)famo

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