#16374: better two_squares, three_squares, four_squares for small input
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       Reporter:  vdelecroix         |        Owner:
           Type:  enhancement        |       Status:  needs_review
       Priority:  major              |    Milestone:  sage-6.3
      Component:  number theory      |   Resolution:
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        Authors:  Vincent Delecroix  |    Reviewers:
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  u/vdelecroix/16374                 |  352e255834a35c951f8bf22a6161df8cef56e51a
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Comment (by leif):

 I wouldn't call 2^51^+21 "very large", at least not if the functions now
 take `unsigned long` s.  (Ok, on most of current machines that exceeds an
 `unsigned int`.)

 While we're at it, if `n` is `unsigned long`, you should take `(unsigned
 long)sqrtl((long double)n)`, otherwise you'd probably have to add 1 to the
 result in case `n` is a perfect square or slightly above.  (On 32-bit
 machines, where `unsigned long`s are only 32-bit as well, that doesn't
 matter.)

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