Difference of square makes prime

True or False \huge \text{True or False}

If p p is a prime number, for p > 2 p>2 all prime number can be described as 'Difference of two perfect square'.


  • 'Difference of two perfect square' means m 2 n 2 m^2-n^2 where m , n ϵ N m,n\epsilon\mathbb N

  • For example 5 = 3 2 2 2 5=3^2-2^2

False True

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1 solution

Md Mehedi Hasan
Nov 14, 2017

If p p is a prime number, it's factors are p p and 1 1

Then we can write, m 2 n 2 = p ( m + n ) ( m n ) = p × 1 m^2-n^2=p\\(m+n)(m-n)=p\times 1

Afterthat, it must be true that m + n = p m n = 1 m+n=p\\m-n=1

If we solve them, we get m = p + 1 2 n = p 1 2 m=\frac{p+1}{2}\\n=\frac{p-1}{2}

For p > 2 p>2 all prime number must be odd number. So p + 1 , p 1 p+1,p-1 must be divisible by 2 2 and we always get m , n m,n as integer.

So the statement is T r u e \color{#20A900}True

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