The first few digits of read .
If and are considered to be positive integers, how many ordered pair solutions exist for the equation
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It can be seen that 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 is odd. Hence, for each of the solutions ( x , y ) , one of x , y is odd and the other is even.
For the purpose of analysis, let us assume that x is even and y is odd.
This would mean that x 2 m o d 4 ≡ 0 and y 2 m o d 4 ≡ 1
This in turn would lead to ( x 2 + y 2 ) m o d 4 ≡ 1
However, 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 m o d 4 ≡ 3 .
Hence, the number of solutions is 0