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Tags: number theory proposed, number theory



Let $x_k=\frac{k(k+1)}{2}$ for all integers $k\ge 1$. Prove that for any integer $n \ge 10$, between the numbers $A=x_1+x_2 + \ldots + x_{n-1}$ and $B=A+x_n$ there is at least one square.