2. Find all pairs of integers that satisfy the equation .
(Tomáš Jurík)
2. Find all pairs of integers that satisfy the equation .
(Tomáš Jurík)
Solution. Clearly, the right-hand side is an odd integer, hence is also an odd integer which implies that is odd, is even and finally is a square of an integer.
For , the inequalities , so there are no solutions in this case either.
The only remaining options are ; by checking each of them we find the only solution .