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Mathematica competitions in Croatia

Croatia number theory

Problem

Determine all pairs of integers which satisfy
Solution
The given equality is equivalent to Since and the number is odd, we conclude that Thereby must be , or . There are three cases left: We see that only in the third case there are integer solutions,
Final answer
(-2, -10), (-2, 10), (2, -10), (2, 10)

Techniques

Factorization techniquesTechniques: modulo, size analysis, order analysis, inequalities