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2^a + 3^b is a square, classic diophantine equation
Source: Baltic Way 1994
12/22/2011
Find all pairs of positive integers
(
a
,
b
)
(a,b)
(
a
,
b
)
such that
2
a
+
3
b
2^a+3^b
2
a
+
3
b
is the square of an integer.
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