User william hale - MathOverflowmost recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net2013-05-19T17:25:05Zhttp://mathoverflow.net/feeds/user/12598http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdfhttp://mathoverflow.net/questions/42512/awfully-sophisticated-proof-for-simple-facts/53672#53672Answer by William Hale for Awfully sophisticated proof for simple factsWilliam Hale2011-01-29T03:00:35Z2011-01-29T03:00:35Z<p>Using character theory, any group of order 4 is abelian since the only way to write 4 as a sum of squares is 4 = 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2 + 1^2.</p>