Determine the positive integers such that, for every integer , there exist integers such that and .
Solution
Any has the desired property: one can choose , , , , .
Numbers and do not have the property.
For , comes to , which does not hold for . Indeed, can not be written as a sum of three perfect squares.
For , can hold only if is a perfect square, i.e. it does not hold for all .
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