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Perfect Square Not (Posted on 2008-05-07)

The pairs of positive integers (A, B) are such that B divides 2A².

Prove that A² + B cannot be a perfect square.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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(In reply to Solution by Praneeth)

Thanks Praneeth.

I confirm having included your methodology in my solution.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-05-26 14:13:59

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