Perfecto

Algebra Level 2

How many terms in the following sequence are perfect squares?

119 , 12119 , 123119 , 1234119 , 12345119 , . . . 119,12119,123119,1234119,12345119,...


The answer is 0.

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1 solution

Shivamani Patil
May 28, 2015

Notice . . . 119 = 116 + 3 = 4 k + 3 ...119=116+3=4k+3 for some integer k k .

By division algorithm Every integer is of form 4k,4k+1,4k+2 or 4k+3, \color{limegreen}{\text{Every integer is of form 4k,4k+1,4k+2 or 4k+3,}}

Now, ( 4 k ) 2 = 16 k 2 = 4 j ( 4 k + 1 ) 2 = 16 k 2 + 8 k + 1 = 4 p + 1 ( 4 k + 2 ) 2 = 16 k 2 + 16 k + 4 = 4 l ( 4 k + 3 ) 2 = 16 k 2 + 24 k + 9 = 4 m + 1 { (4k) }^{ 2 }={ 16k }^{ 2 }=4j\quad \\ \\ \quad { (4k+1) }^{ 2 }={ 16k }^{ 2 }+8k+1=4p+1\quad \\ { (4k+2) }^{ 2 }={ 16k }^{ 2 }+16k+4=4l\quad \\ { (4k+3) }^{ 2 }={ 16k }^{ 2 }+24k+9=4m+1

For some j , p , l , m j,p,l,m

From this we see that every square number is of form 4 k , 4 k + 1 4k,4k+1 .

Now we have to find such a square number whose form is 4 k + 3 4k+3 .

But we know that every square number is of form 4 k , 4 k + 1 4k,4k+1 but not of 4 k + 3 4k+3 .

Therefore there are 0 0 square numbers in sequence.

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