1987 OIM Problems/Problem 3

Problem

Prove that if , , and are non-zero positive integers, and

1+m+n\sqrt{3}=\[2+\sqrt{3}]^{2r-1} (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

then is a perfect square.

Solution

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