How many positive integers are there such that is a perfect square ?
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Perfect squares are equivalent to either 0 ( m o d 4 ) or 1 ( m o d 4 ) .
For N ≥ 4 we have that N ! + 1 1 5 ≡ 3 ( m o d 4 ) , so we are looking for N < 4 .
Since 1 ! + 1 1 5 = 1 1 6 , 2 ! + 1 1 5 = 1 1 7 and 3 ! + 1 1 5 = 1 2 1 = 1 1 2 , we can conclude that there is only 1 natural number N , namely N = 3 , such that N ! + 1 1 5 is a perfect square.