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Putnam 1991 B5

  • Session B

Let pp be an odd prime and let Zp{\mathbb{Z}}_p denote (the field of) integers modulo pp. How many elements are in the set {x2:x∈Zp}∩{y2+1:y∈Zp}?\{x^2: x \in {\mathbb{Z}}_p\} \cap \{y^2 + 1 : y \in {\mathbb{Z}}_p\}?

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