2601 as Sum of 3 Squares in 12 Different Ways/Mistake

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Source Work

1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.):

The Dictionary
$2601$


Mistake

This square can be represented as the sum of $3$ squares in $10$ distinct ways. The largest smallest-square solution is $24^2 + 27^2 + 36^2$. The smallest largest-square solutions are $34^2 + 31^2 + 22^2$ and $34^2 + 34^2 + 17^2$.


Correction

There are in fact $12$ such solutions.


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