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Princeton's Prime Problem (Posted on 2002-11-18)

Prove that every prime number other than 2, can be expressed as a difference of two squares.

- Princeton Math Club Website

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Extension

| Comment 2 of 9 |

An extension is that the 2 numbers whose difference in square is used to represent the prime has to be consecutive.

Posted by Keedom on 2002-11-19 01:00:56

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