Monday 16 December 2013

xy + 1, yz + 1, zx + 1 are all perfect squares

Show that if x, y, z are positive integers, then (xy + 1)(yz + 1)(zx + 1) is a perfect square if
and only if xy + 1, yz + 1, zx + 1 are all perfect squares.

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