Brahmagupta-Fibonacci two-square identity

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Statement

In any commutative unital ring, if x and y can each be written as a sum of two squares, so can xy.

More concretely, if x=a2+b2 and y=c2+d2, then xy=(ac+bd)2+(adbc)2. In other words, for all a,b,c,d in a commutative ring:

(a2+b2)(c2+d2)=(ac+bd)2+(adbc)2