Clear the symmetry group of $a^2+b^2+...=C$, where $C$ is a constant, are the circle and its higher-dimensional versions.
But what is the symmetry group given by
$$ (a+b)^2+(c+d)^2=C $$
and
$$ (a+b)^2+(c+d)^2+(e+f)^2=C $$
and finally, in the n case
$$ (a+b)^2+(c+d)^2+(e+f)^2+...=C $$