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Squares sum up to a prime (Posted on 2017-01-13)

List all integers n such that the sum 2^2 + 3^2 + 4^2 + ... + n^2 equals a prime number. p&p solutions only.

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(In reply to solution by xdog)

Quite nice.

Should you have: "the second factor is always > 6"?

Otherwise it could be the one to reduce to 1.

Posted by Jer on 2017-01-13 16:41:35

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