We suppose that:
α2+⌊β4α2⌋=(α+κ)2,κ∈N∗⇔⌊β4α2⌋=(2α+κ)κ,κ∈N∗.
By putting 2α=x, we have: ⌊βx2⌋=(x+κ)κ,κ∈N∗. Equivalently, we have supposed that the equation
⌊βx2⌋=(x+κ)κ,κ∈N∗(1)
has a solution (x,κ) in the positive integers with x even.
We suppose that equation (1) has a solution (x,κ), where κ is the least possible integer and we will try to find a contradiction.
We have:
βx2>⌊βx2⌋−1=(x+κ)κ−1=xκ+κ2−1≥xκ⇒βx>κ⇒x>βκ(2)
Also, we have:
βx2−κ2<βx2≤⌊βx2⌋=(x+κ)κ⇒βκ≥x−κ.(3)
From relations (2) (3) it follows that: x>βκ≥x−κ, and hence there exists υ such that:
x=βκ+υ,0<υ<κ(4)
From (3) and (4) we have:
⌊βx2⌋=⌊β(βκ+υ)2⌋=βκ2+2κυ+⌊βυ2⌋(5)
(x+κ)κ=(βκ+υ+κ)κ=βκ2+2κυ+κ(κ−υ)(6)
From relations (5) and (6) we get:
⌊βυ2⌋=κ(κ−υ)⟺⌊βx′2⌋=(x′+κ′)κ′,
From which we conclude that equation (1) has a solution (x′,κ′) in the positive integers with κ′=κ−υ<κ, which is absurd.