Smallest pair making a squared plus ab plus b squared square
Question
Among pairs of positive integers for which is a perfect square , take the pair with the smallest . What is ?
Short answer
49. A quick search shows the smallest sum is , with : . Such pairs can be generated by setting , which gives ; yields .
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