Is everything perfect?

If m = 2 + 2 28 n 2 + 1 m = 2 + 2\sqrt { 28n^2 + 1 } is an integer for some positive integer n n , which of the following is true for every m m ?

perfect 7 t h 7^{th} power perfect square perfect 4 t h 4^{th} power perfect cube

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Note that 2 + 2 28 n 2 + 1 = m 4 ( 28 n 2 + 1 ) = m 2 4 m + 4 m = 2 k 28 n 2 + 1 = k 2 2 k + 1 2+2\sqrt{28n^2+1}=m\longrightarrow 4(28n^2+1)=m^2-4m+4\longrightarrow m=2k\longrightarrow 28n^2+1=k^2-2k+1

From that: 28 n 2 = k 2 2 k k = 2 q 28 n 2 = 4 q 2 4 q 7 n 2 = q ( q 1 ) 28n^2=k^2-2k\longrightarrow k=2q\longrightarrow 28n^2=4q^2-4q\longrightarrow 7n^2=q(q-1)

Here gcd ( q , q 1 ) = 1 \gcd{(q, q-1)}=1 . There are two cases:

( i ) (i) q = 7 x 2 , q 1 = y 2 7 x 2 y 2 = 1 q=7x^2, q-1=y^2\longrightarrow 7x^2-y^2=1 . Since y 2 ≢ 1 ( m o d 7 ) y^2\not\equiv -1\pmod 7 , this case doesn't have a solution.

i i ii q = x 2 , q 1 = 7 y 2 q=x^2, q-1=7y^2 In this case m = 2 k = 4 q = 4 x 2 = ( 2 x ) 2 m=2k=4q=4x^2=(2x)^2 .

Hence it is always a perfect square.

It is suffices to show that there are conterexamples for the other statements. Let n = 24 n=24 . Then m = 256 = 1 6 2 m=256=16^2 , and m m is not a 7 th 7^{\text{th}} power or a perfect cube. One can find a counterxample for the fourth power.

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