A solution to a problem of Fermat, on two numbers of which the sum is a square and the sum of their squares is a biquadrate, inspired by the Illustrious La Grange
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Euler wants to find rational numbers (integers) x and y such that x+y is a square and x^2+y^2 is a fourth power. He parametrizes these with two other variables that satisfy certain equations.
``Solutio problematis Fermatiani de duobus numeris, quorum summa sit quadratum, quadratorum vero summa biquadratum, ad mentem illustris La Grange adornata'', Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 10 (1826), 3-6. E769 in the Enestrom index
``Solutio problematis Fermatiani de duobus numeris, quorum summa sit quadratum, quadratorum vero summa biquadratum, ad mentem illustris La Grange adornata'', Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 10 (1826), 3-6. E769 in the Enestrom index