infinitely many pairs of squares with 2 properties
Source: 1993 German Federal - Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik - BWM - Round 1 p3
November 20, 2022
number theoryPerfect SquaresPerfect Square
Problem Statement
There are pairs of square numbers with the following two properties:
(1) Their decimal representations have the same number of digits, with the first digit starting is different from .
(2) If one appends the second to the decimal representation of the first, the decimal representation results another square number.
Example: and ; .
Prove that there are infinitely many pairs of squares with these properties.