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An anonymous Arab manuscript, written before 972, contains the following Congruent number problem (Original version). Given an integer n, find a (rational) square γ2 such that γ2 ± n are both (rational) squares.
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Zhang, SW. (2013). Congruent numbers and Heegner points. In: Zannier, U. (eds) Colloquium De Giorgi 2010–2012. Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore, vol 4. Edizioni della Normale, Pisa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-7642-457-1_6
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