Problem

Source: Irish Mathematical Olympiad 2023 Problem 6

Tags: number theory



A positive integer is totally square is the sum of its digits (written in base $10$) is a square number. For example, $13$ is totally square because $1 + 3 = 2^2$, but $16$ is not totally square. Show that there are infinitely many positive integers that are not the sum of two totally square integers.