Number theory · Divisibility · Modular arithmetic · Diophantine equations
Prove that no integers \(m\) and \(n\) satisfy
\[ (m + n + 2)^2 = 3(mn + 1). \]
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Serbian Municipal Competition 2015, high school grade I, category A, problem 1. Organized by the Mathematical Society of Serbia (DMS). Source