Find all pairs of integers such that .
, 2022
Solution
Answer: , , , , , and . The right hand side can be written in the form . By setting we obtain , and thus . When it follows that and ; when we obtain and ; when we obtain and ; when we obtain and ; when the left hand side is divisible by but the right hand side is not; when the left hand side is divisible by but the right hand side is not. On other hand for since ,
and (it is equivalent to ), the number is not an integer.
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