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97.21 Some more on Estermann and Pythagoras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Man Keung Siu*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Konge-mail:, mathsiu@hkucc.hku.hk

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Type
Notes 97.17 to 97.38
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2013

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