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Greatest value (Posted on 2007-02-02)

Determine analytically the maximum of a²+b² if a and b belong to the set {1,2...10000} and satisfy |a²-ab-b²|=1.

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The required maximum value of a^2+b^2 is 63,245,986.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-01-06 02:32:22

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