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Sum Root Sum Settlement (Posted on 2015-05-10)

Find all possible positive real solutions to this equation:

p + q + 1/p + 1/q + 4 = 2(√(2p+1) + √(2q+1))

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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Boy, am I dense this week!

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I don't understand the symmetry argument. Why can't p and q be different?

Posted by Steve Herman on 2015-05-12 10:21:21

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