Problem

Source: OIFMAT III 2013 day 2 p4 - Chilean Math Forum FMAT Olympiad https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2484778_oifmat

Tags: Perfect Square, number theory



Let $ a, b \in Z $, prove that if the expression $ a \cdot 2013^n + b $ is a perfect square for all natural $n$, then $ a $ is zero.