A Short Proof of Jacobi's Formula for the Number of Representations of an Integer as a Sum of Four Squares

Details A Short Proof of Jacobi's Formula for the Number of Representations of an Integer as a Sum of Four Squares A Short Proof of Jacobi's Formula for the Number of Representations of an Integer as a Sum of Four Squares

1992-06-03

arxiv.org/abs/math/9206203v1

Amer. Math. Monthly 100(1993), 273-276

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A short and elementary proof, and a finite-form generalization, are given of
Jacobi's formula for the number of ways of writing an integer as a sum of four
squares (that implies Lagrange's famous 1777 theorem.)

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