choose a square number
choose another
subtract one from the other
divide this difference by 4; what can the remainders be?
why can't numbers of the form 4k - 2 (or 4k + 2) be written as the difference of two squares?
how can you obtain numbers that are of the form 4k + 1 (or 4k - 1) by subtracting two squares?
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