/* * sumsq - find unique two positive integers whose squares sum to a given prime * * Copyright (C) 1999 David I. Bell * * Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General * Public License for more details. * * A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is * distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have * received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $ * @(#) $Id: sumsq.cal,v 29.2 2000/06/07 14:02:25 chongo Exp $ * @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/cal/RCS/sumsq.cal,v $ * * Under source code control: 1990/02/15 01:50:37 * File existed as early as: before 1990 * * Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/ */ /* * Determine the unique two positive integers whose squares sum to the * specified prime. This is always possible for all primes of the form * 4N+1, and always impossible for primes of the form 4N-1. */ define ss(p) { local a, b, i, p4; if (p == 2) { print "1^2 + 1^2 = 2"; return; } if ((p % 4) != 1) { print p, "is not of the form 4N+1"; return; } if (!ptest(p, min(p-2, 10))) { print p, "is not a prime"; return; } p4 = (p - 1) / 4; i = 2; do { a = pmod(i++, p4, p); } while ((a^2 % p) == 1); b = p; while (b^2 > p) { i = b % a; b = a; a = i; } print a : "^2 +" , b : "^2 =" , a^2 + b^2; }