Pythagorean quadruples
# Finds all solutions (a,b) such that: a^2 + b^2 = n^2
func sum_of_two_squares(n) is cached {
n == 0 && return [[0, 0]]
var prod1 = 1
var prod2 = 1
var prime_powers = []
for p,e in (n.factor_exp) {
if (p % 4 == 3) { # p = 3 (mod 4)
e.is_even || return [] # power must be even
prod2 *= p**(e >> 1)
}
elsif (p == 2) { # p = 2
if (e.is_even) { # power is even
prod2 *= p**(e >> 1)
}
else { # power is odd
prod1 *= p
prod2 *= p**((e - 1) >> 1)
prime_powers.append([p, 1])
}
}
else { # p = 1 (mod 4)
prod1 *= p**e
prime_powers.append([p, e])
}
}
prod1 == 1 && return [[prod2, 0]]
prod1 == 2 && return [[prod2, prod2]]
# All the solutions to the congruence: x^2 = -1 (mod prod1)
var square_roots = gather {
gather {
for p,e in (prime_powers) {
var pp = p**e
var r = sqrtmod(-1, pp)
take([[r, pp], [pp - r, pp]])
}
}.cartesian { |*a|
take(Math.chinese(a...))
}
}
var solutions = []
for r in (square_roots) {
var s = r
var q = prod1
while (s*s > prod1) {
(s, q) = (q % s, s)
}
solutions.append([prod2 * s, prod2 * (q % s)])
}
for p,e in (prime_powers) {
for (var i = e%2; i < e; i += 2) {
var sq = p**((e - i) >> 1)
var pp = p**(e - i)
solutions += (
__FUNC__(prod1 / pp).map { |pair|
pair.map {|r| sq * prod2 * r }
}
)
}
}
solutions.map {|pair| pair.sort } \
.uniq_by {|pair| pair[0] } \
.sort_by {|pair| pair[0] }
}
# Finds solutions (a,b,c) such that: a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = n^2
func sum_of_three_squares(n) {
gather {
for k in (1 .. n//3) {
var t = sum_of_two_squares(n**2 - k**2) || next
take(t.map { [k, _...] }...)
}
}
}
say gather {
for n in (1..2200) {
sum_of_three_squares(n) || take(n)
}
}
Output:
[1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 128, 160, 256, 320, 512, 640, 1024, 1280, 2048]
Numbers d that cannot be expressed as a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = d^2, are numbers of the form 2^n or 5*2^n:
say gather {
for n in (1..2200) {
if ((n & (n-1) == 0) || (n%%5 && ((n/5) & (n/5 - 1) == 0))) {
take(n)
}
}
}
Output:
[1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 64, 80, 128, 160, 256, 320, 512, 640, 1024, 1280, 2048]