Smallest Positive Integer which is Sum of 2 Fourth Powers in 2 Ways/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Smallest Positive Integer which is Sum of 2 Fourth Powers in 2 Ways
This question was raised by Leonhard Paul Euler in $1772$.
He it was who found the smallest solution, which he did in $1802$.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $59$
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $635,318,657$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $59$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $635,318,657$
- Piezas, Tito III and Weisstein, Eric W. "Diophantine Equation--4th Powers." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DiophantineEquation4thPowers.html