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Thinking about Algebra

Review question

Can we fully factorise $x^4+4y^4$ ?

Ref: R8219

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Show that $(x^2+2y^2)^2-4x^2y^2=x^4+4y^4,$ and hence factorise $x^4+4y^4$ .