(Python) from math import sqrt as sqrt with open("A261904b.txt","w") as g: ....for a in range(1000): ........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)): ....................if b**2+c**2+d**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 08 2015