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Let
K be an algebraic number field and the ring of integers in
K. Let be the set of all elements which are sums of squares in and the minimal number of squares necessary to represent 鈭? in . Let be the smallest positive integer
t such that every element in is a sum of
t squares in . In this note, for , where are two distinct positive square-free integers, we show that and if , then .
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