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TMUA 2018 · Paper 2 · Question 17

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A positive integer is called a *squaresum* if and only if it can be written as the sum of the squares of two integers. For example, and are both squaresums since and .

A prime number is called *awkward* if and only if it has a remainder of when divided by . For example, is awkward since .

A (true) theorem due to Fermat states that:

A positive integer is a squaresum if and only if each of its awkward prime factors occurs to an even power in its prime factorisation.

It follows that is a squaresum, since occurs to the power , but is not, since occurs to the power .

Which one of the following statements is not true?