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In how many ways can $145^2$ be expressed as sum of two squares?

I tried solving it by finding out the Pythagoren triplets. $145= m^2+n^2 = 12^2+1^2$ & $9^2+8^2$ so triplet is $(145, m^2-n^2 , 2mn) = (145,143,24)=29*(5,4,3)$ & $(145,17,144)$ & one will come from $29$.. i.e $5*(29,21,20)$ total triplets 4. $(145,143,24)$ , $(145,17,144)$ , $(145,116,87)$ & $(145 , 105,100)$. Is there any easier way of doing this?

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  • What have you tried? If you tell us this then we will be better able to help you. And it helps us feel that we are not just doing your homework for you. – user1729 Aug 18 '14 at 13:27
  • I tried solving it by finding out the pythagoras triplets.145= m²+n² = 12²+1² & 9²+8²
    so triplet is (145, m²-n² , 2mn) = (145,143,24) & (145,17,144) 29(5,4,3) & one will come from 29.. i.e 5(29,21,20) total triplets 4. (145,143,24) , (145,17,144) , (145,116,87) & (145 , 105,100).Is there any easier way of doing this?     – Vinisha Mallick Aug 19 '14 at 05:48
  • The formula for this equation you can see there. http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/153603/diophantine-equation-a2b2-c2d2/736164#736164 – individ Aug 19 '14 at 11:39

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