N2

Part of 2023 ISL

Problems(1)

How many cases did you check?

Source: 2023 ISL N2

Determine all ordered pairs

(a,p)

of positive integers, with

p

prime, such that

p^a+a^4

is a perfect square.
Proposed by Tahjib Hossain Khan, Bangladesh

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