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Friday, October 18, 2019

2019/014) Find the values of n such that n^4+4 is a prime

We have n^4+4 = n^4+4n^2 + 4 - 4n^2 = (n^2+2)^2 -(2n)^2 = (n^2+2n+2)(n^2-2n +2)
n^4+4 is a prime iff n^2+2n+2 is a prime and n^2-2n+2=1
n^2-2n+2=1=>(n-1)^2 = 0  or n = 1
And for n= 1 n^2+2n+2=5 which is a prime
we could also compute n^4+4= 1 + 4 =5
So 1 is the only choice  for n


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