Find all pairs of non-negative integers such that .
Solution
Observe that for non-negative integers and that satisfy the equation , we obtain
and similarly
Thus , and since and are integers, . Substitution in the original equation yields
and so . Hence or , and the corresponding values of are and . The pairs and are easily seen to satisfy the equation.
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