BdMO National Higher Secondary 2010/8

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BdMO National Higher Secondary 2010/8

Unread post by BdMO » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:10 am

Problem 8:
Find all prime numbers $p$ and integers $a$ and $b$ (not necessarily positive) such that $p^a + p^b$ is the square of a rational number.

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Re: BdMO National Higher Secondary 2010/8

Unread post by Moon » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:16 am

Discussed and solved here: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=14
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