Found problems: 521
Prove that there exist infinitely many integers $n$ such that $n, n + 1, n + 2$ are each the sum of two squares of integers.
Let $n$ and $p$ be two integers with $p$ positive prime, such that $pn + 1$ is a perfect square. Show that $n + 1$ is the sum of $p$ perfect squares, not necessarily distinct.
The positive $n > 3$ called ‘nice’ if and only if $n +1$ and $8n + 1$ are both perfect squares. How many positive integers $k \le 15$ such that $4n + k$ are composites for all nice numbers $n$?
Let $n$ be an integer greater than $1$, such that $3n + 1$ is a perfect square. Prove that $n + 1$ can be expressed as a sum of three perfect squares.
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive integers with $b$ odd, such that the number $$\frac{(a+b)^2+4a}{ab}$$ is an integer. Prove that $a$ is a perfect square.
Let $ a$ and $ b$ be two positive integers such that $ a \cdot b \plus{} 1$ divides $ a^{2} \plus{} b^{2}$. Show that $ \frac {a^{2} \plus{} b^{2}}{a \cdot b \plus{} 1}$ is a perfect square.
a) Given that integers $a$ and $b$ satisfy the equality $$a^2 - (b^2 - 4b + 1) a - (b^4 - 2b^3) = 0 \,\,\, (*)$$, prove that $b^2 + a$ is a square of an integer.
b) Do there exist an infinitely many of pairs $(a,b)$ satisfying (*)?
A positive integer is called a [b]double number[/b] if its decimal representation consists of a block of digits, not commencing with 0, followed immediately by an identical block. So, for instance, 360360 is a double number, but 36036 is not. Show that there are infinitely many double numbers which are perfect squares.
Prove that if $n$ is a natural number such that both $3n+1$ and $4n+1$ are squares, then $n$ is divisible by $56$.
Call a pair of integers $a$ and $b$ square makers , if $ab+1$ is a perfect square.
Determine for which $n$ is it possible to divide the set $\{1,2, \dots , 2n\}$ into $n$ pairs of square makers.
Show that there exists a set of infinite positive integers such that the sum of an arbitrary finite subset of these is never a perfect square. What happens if we change the condition from not being a perfect square to not being a perfect power?
For each natural number $n$ we denote $a_n$ as the greatest perfect square less than or equal to $n$ and $b_n$ as the least perfect square greater than $n$. For example $a_9=3^2$, $b_9=4^2$ and $a_{20}=4^2$, $b_{20}=5^2$. Calculate: $$\frac{1}{a_1b_1}+\frac{1}{a_2b_2}+\frac{1}{a_3b_3}+\ldots +\frac{1}{a_{600}b_{600}}$$
Today the age of Pedro is written and then the age of Luisa, obtaining a number of four digits that is a perfect square. If the same is done in $33$ years from now, there would be a perfect square of four digits . Find the current ages of Pedro and Luisa.
Find all positive integers $n$ such that $n^4 - n^3 + 3n^2 + 5$ is a perfect square.
Sabine has a very large collection of shells. She decides to give part of her collection to her sister.
On the first day, she lines up all her shells. She takes the shells that are in a position that is a perfect square (the first, fourth, ninth, sixteenth, etc. shell), and gives them to her sister. On the second day, she lines up her remaining shells. Again, she takes the shells that are in a position that is a perfect square, and gives them to her sister. She repeats this process every day.
The $27$th day is the first day that she ends up with fewer than $1000$ shells. The $28$th day she ends up with a number of shells that is a perfect square for the tenth time.
What are the possible numbers of shells that Sabine could have had in the very beginning?
The sequence $a_0,a_1,a_2,...$ is defined by $a_0 = 0, a_1 = a_2 = 1$ and $a_{n+2} +a_{n-1} = 2(a_{n+1} +a_n)$ for all $n \in N$. Show that all $a_n$ are perfect squares .
Prove that there exists a convex 1990-gon with the following two properties :
[b]a.)[/b] All angles are equal.
[b]b.)[/b] The lengths of the 1990 sides are the numbers $ 1^2$, $ 2^2$, $ 3^2$, $ \cdots$, $ 1990^2$ in some order.
We call a triple of natural numbers $(a, b, c)$ [i]square [/i] if they form an arithmetic progression (in exactly this order), the number $b$ is coprime to each of the numbers $a$ and $c$, and the number $abc$ is a perfect square. Prove that for any given a square triple, there is another square triple that has at least one common number with it.
Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that the number $2^n + 2^8 + 2^{11}$ is a perfect square.
(A): $8$, (B): $9$, (C): $11$, (D): $12$, (E) None of the above.
a) Show that $m^2- m +1$ is an element of the set $\{n^2 + n +1 | n \in N\}$, for any positive integer $ m$.
b) Let $p$ be a perfect square, $p> 1$. Prove that there exists positive integers $r$ and $q$ such that $$p^2 + p +1=(r^2 + r + 1)(q^2 + q + 1).$$
Do there exist positive integers $a \ne b$ such that $ a+b$ is a perfect square and $a^3 +b^3$ is a fourth power of an integer?
Prove that the sum $1^3 + 2^3 +...+ n^3$ is a perfect square for all $n$.
Find all positive integers $n$ such that $A=2^{n+2}(2^n-1)-8\cdot 3^n +1$ is a perfect square.
A positive integer is called a [b]double number[/b] if its decimal representation consists of a block of digits, not commencing with 0, followed immediately by an identical block. So, for instance, 360360 is a double number, but 36036 is not. Show that there are infinitely many double numbers which are perfect squares.
For any non-negative integer $n$, we say that a permutation $(a_0,a_1,...,a_n)$ of $\{0,1,..., n\} $ is quadratic if $k + a_k$ is a square for $k = 0, 1,...,n$. Show that for any non-negative integer $n$, there exists a quadratic permutation of $\{0,1,..., n\}$.