Problem:
How many ordered quadruples of positive odd integers are there that satisfy the equation ?
Solution
Solution:
Using the substitution where are nonnegative integers, the problem is equivalent to finding the number of nonnegative integer solutions of or . Note that , and for each fixed , the number of nonnegative integer solutions of is . Hence
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