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by keymone 2688 days ago
> The same trick works for higher powers.

can you demonstrate?
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ox_n 2688 days ago
Yes.

x and y will be a multiple of the base number.

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keymone 2688 days ago
i don't get it, how do you go from difference of squares turning into sequence of odd numbers to absence of power of some integer?
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