Perfect Square

How many positive integers N N are there such N ! + 115 N! + 115 that is a perfect square ?


The answer is 1.

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Perfect squares are equivalent to either 0 ( m o d 4 ) 0 \pmod{4} or 1 ( m o d 4 ) 1 \pmod{4} .

For N 4 N \ge 4 we have that N ! + 115 3 ( m o d 4 ) N! + 115 \equiv 3 \pmod{4} , so we are looking for N < 4 N \lt 4 .

Since 1 ! + 115 = 116 , 2 ! + 115 = 117 1! + 115 = 116, 2! + 115 = 117 and 3 ! + 115 = 121 = 1 1 2 3! + 115 = 121 = 11^{2} , we can conclude that there is only 1 \boxed{1} natural number N N , namely N = 3 N = 3 , such that N ! + 115 N! + 115 is a perfect square.

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