SOLUTION: Discrete Mathematics, proof techniques.
Any positive integer can be written as the sum of the squares of two integers.
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Question 1068299: Discrete Mathematics, proof techniques.
Any positive integer can be written as the sum of the squares of two integers.
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Discrete Mathematics, proof techniques.
Any positive integer can be written as the sum of the squares of two integers.
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Not true.
eg, 3 or 7.
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