#(Python) from math import sqrt as sqrt with open("A178786b.txt","w") as g: ....for a in range(10001): ........flag = False ........for b in reversed(range((int(sqrt(a))+1))): ............for c in reversed(range(b+1)): ................for d in reversed(range(c+1)): ....................for e in reversed(range(d+1)): ........................if b**2+c**2+d**2+e**2 == a and not flag: ............................g.write(str(a)+" "+str(b)+"\n") ............................flag = True ........if not flag: ............g.write(str(a)+" -1"+"\n") #David A. Consiglio, Jr., Sep 11 2015