Because next year is
, find the number of ordered triples
where
,
, and
are positive integers such that
that will satisfy the equation:
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The mystery theorem is: " Legendre's Three-Square Theorem "
This theorem states that a natural number n can be only expressed as a sum of three squares of integers x , y , and z if and only if n = 4 a ( 8 b + 7 ) where a and b are non negative integers.
Since 2 0 1 5 = 2 0 0 8 + 7 = 8 ( 2 5 1 ) + 7 , therefore 2 0 1 5 is expressible as 4 a ( 8 b + 7 ) where a = 0 and b = 2 5 1 .
∴ the answer is 0