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FINAL ROUND

Belarus algebra

Problem

Given integers , , , with prove that the product is a perfect square.
Solution
If or , then is a perfect square. If , then from it follows that , so is a perfect square. Therefore we can assume that all , , are different from . Then we can rewrite (1) as Set and , we have Then, if , that is , then , and is a perfect square. If , that is , then , so is a perfect square.

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