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Revision as of 22:48, 12 March 2023
Problem 2
Find all positive integers such that is the square of an integer.
Solution
After rearranging we get:
Let
we get: or,
Now, it is clear from above that divides . so,
If
so
But
If then increases exponentially compared to so cannot be .
Thus .
Substituting value of above we get:
or this results in only or
Thus or .
~Kris17