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1969 Canadian MO Problems/Problem 7

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Problem

Show that there are no integers for which .

Solution

Note that all perfect squares are equivalent to Hence, we have It's impossible to obtain a sum of with two of so our proof is complete.

References

1969 Canadian MO (Problems)
Preceded by
Problem 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Followed by
Problem 8
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