mathomatic/primes/matho-sumsq.1

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.TH MATHO-SUMSQ 1 "" "Mathomatic" "Mathomatic Utilities"
.SH NAME
matho-sumsq \- Find the minimum sum of the squares for integers
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B matho-sumsq
.RI [ numbers ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This command-line utility is optionally part of the
.BR mathomatic (1)
package.
It finds the minimum number of positive integers that when squared
and added together, equal the given number. There is a proof that no more
than 4 squares summed together are required to represent any positive
integer.
The command-line may contain positive integers to find the minimum squares of,
they must be less than 2147483648 (2^31) on 32-bit systems or
less than 9223372036854775808 (2^63) on 64-bit systems.
If "+" is appended to the given number,
the program counts up from the given number.
If the minimum number of squares is 2,
this program displays all possible combinations with 2 squares for the given number,
otherwise it just displays the first combination it finds.
If no command-line arguments are given, the programs reads the numbers from
standard input.
.SH AUTHOR
George Gesslein II (gesslein@mathomatic.org)
at "http://www.mathomatic.org".
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
If you find a bug, please report it to the author
or at "https://launchpad.net/mathomatic".
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mathomatic (1),
.BR matho-pascal (1),
.BR matho-primes (1)