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Revision as of 22:35, 10 February 2023
Problem
The sum of all positive integers such that
is a perfect square can be written as
where
and
are positive integers. Find
Solution 1
We first rewrite as a prime factorization, which is
For the fraction to be a square, it needs each prime to be an even power. This means must contain
. Also,
can contain any even power of
up to
, any odd power of
up to
, and any even power of
up to
. The sum of
is
Therefore, the answer is
.
~chem1kall
Solution 2
The prime factorization of is
To get
a perfect square, we must have
, where
,
,
.
Hence, the sum of all feasible is
Therefore, the answer is
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
(Fake) Guess (Engineer's Induction)
Try smaller cases. There is clearly only one that makes
a square, and this is
. Here, the sum of the exponents in the prime factorization is just
. Furthermore, the only
that makes
a square is
, and the sum of the exponents is
here. Trying
and
, the sums of the exponents are
and
. Based on this, we (incorrectly!) conclude that, when we are given
, the desired sum is
. The problem gives us
, so the answer is
.
-InsetIowa9
However!
The induction fails starting at !
The actual answers for small
are:
In general, if p is prime,
are "lucky", and the pattern breaks down after
-"fake" warning by oinava
See also
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