Find all integers for which and are both perfect squares.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
It is clear that and are solutions. Let , . Then
that is
We can assume that , hence we have . Considering the following possibilities
we get the solutions , respectively. Hence , , and are the desired values of .
Solution 2
Let , . Then
hence
It follows that there are only three possibilities for , that is , , and . Solving the corresponding equation we get and .
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