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Prime powers
Prime powers
Source: ITAMO 2019 #2
May 3, 2019
number theory
ITAMO 2019
Problem Statement
Let
p
,
q
p,q
p
,
q
be prime numbers
.
.
.
Prove that if
p
+
q
2
p+q^2
p
+
q
2
is a perfect square
,
,
,
then
p
2
+
q
n
p^2+q^n
p
2
+
q
n
is not a perfect square for any positive integer
n
.
n.
n
.
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