Metamath Proof Explorer


Theorem 2sqreunnltb

Description: There exists a unique decomposition of a prime as a sum of squares of two different positive integers iff the prime is of the form 4 k + 1 . (Contributed by AV, 11-Jun-2023) The prime needs not be odd, as observed by WL. (Revised by AV, 25-Jun-2023)

Ref Expression
Hypothesis 2sqreult.1
|- ( ph <-> ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) )
Assertion 2sqreunnltb
|- ( P e. Prime -> ( ( P mod 4 ) = 1 <-> ( E! a e. NN E. b e. NN ph /\ E! b e. NN E. a e. NN ph ) ) )

Proof

Step Hyp Ref Expression
1 2sqreult.1
 |-  ( ph <-> ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) )
2 2sqreunnltblem
 |-  ( P e. Prime -> ( ( P mod 4 ) = 1 <-> E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) ) )
3 1 bicomi
 |-  ( ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) <-> ph )
4 3 reubii
 |-  ( E! b e. NN ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) <-> E! b e. NN ph )
5 4 reubii
 |-  ( E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) <-> E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ph )
6 1 2sqreunnlem2
 |-  A. a e. NN E* b e. NN ph
7 2reu1
 |-  ( A. a e. NN E* b e. NN ph -> ( E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ph <-> ( E! a e. NN E. b e. NN ph /\ E! b e. NN E. a e. NN ph ) ) )
8 6 7 ax-mp
 |-  ( E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ph <-> ( E! a e. NN E. b e. NN ph /\ E! b e. NN E. a e. NN ph ) )
9 5 8 bitri
 |-  ( E! a e. NN E! b e. NN ( a < b /\ ( ( a ^ 2 ) + ( b ^ 2 ) ) = P ) <-> ( E! a e. NN E. b e. NN ph /\ E! b e. NN E. a e. NN ph ) )
10 2 9 bitrdi
 |-  ( P e. Prime -> ( ( P mod 4 ) = 1 <-> ( E! a e. NN E. b e. NN ph /\ E! b e. NN E. a e. NN ph ) ) )