Problem:
Prove there are no integers and satisfying the following conditions:
i) is a prime number
ii) is a perfect square
iii) is a perfect square
Problem:
Prove there are no integers and satisfying the following conditions:
i) is a prime number
ii) is a perfect square
iii) is a perfect square
Solution:
Suppose and be integers satisfying the given conditions. Let be a prime number, and be integers. Then we can write the conditions as follows:
Moreover, let and , for some relatively prime integers and . Obviously and , and are positive (by (2) and (3)).
From (2) follows that and are perfect squares, say and .
From (1), and hence or . If , then , and we obtain , for some nonnegative integer . But then , which is a contradiction.
If then .
By adding the last two equations we get and by subtracting them we get . Therefore for some integer and and satisfy the conditions (1) and (2). By (3) we have , or equivalently .
Since the difference between two nonzero perfect squares cannot be , we have a contradiction. As a result there is no solution.