Sum of integer squares

x x and y y are integers that satisfy the equation below.

y 2 + 2 x 2 y 2 = 96 x 2 + 864 y^{2}+2x^{2}y^{2}=96x^{2}+864

Find x 2 + y 2 x^{2}+y^{2} .


The answer is 89.

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2 solutions

Aryan Sanghi
Oct 25, 2020

Above equation can be written as

y 2 ( 1 + 2 x 2 ) = 48 ( 1 + 2 x 2 ) + 816 y^2(1+2x^2) = 48(1+2x^2) + 816 ( y 2 48 ) ( 2 x 2 + 1 ) = 816 = 2 4 × 3 × 17 (y^2-48)(2x^2+1) = 816 = 2^4×3×17

Now, as 2 x 2 + 1 2x^2 + 1 is odd, it is either equal to 3 3 or 17 17 or 51 51 .

Only 3 3 and 51 51 satisfy, so x = 1 x = 1 or x = 5 x = 5 as in 17 17 , x = 2 2 x = 2\sqrt2 is not integer.

So,

( y 2 48 ) ( 51 ) = 816 or ( y 2 48 ) 3 = 816 (y^2-48)(51) = 816 \text{ or } (y^2 - 48)3 = 816

y 2 48 = 16 or y 2 48 = 273 y^2 - 48 = 16 \text{ or } y^2 - 48 = 273

y = 8 or y = 321 y = 8 \text{ or } y = \sqrt{321}

As y y is integer, therefore y = 8 y = 8 and x = 5 x = 5 are solutions

Therefore,

x 2 + y 2 = 64 + 25 = 89 x^2 + y^2 = 64 + 25 = 89

y 2 = 16 ( 3 + 51 2 x 2 + 1 ) y^2=16\left (3+\dfrac {51}{2x^2+1}\right )

Since y y is an integer, 2 x 2 + 1 51 x 5 2x^2+1\leq 51\implies |x|\leq 5

So x |x| can be 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 0,1,2,3,4,5

Of these, only x = 5 |x|=5 yields an integral value of y y , for which y 2 = 64 y^2=64

Hence, x 2 + y 2 = 25 + 64 = 89 x^2+y^2=25+64=\boxed {89} .

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