Is it possible to compose two integer numbers using each of the ten digits exactly once, such that one of them is the square of the other?
0 cannot be the first digit in either number.
Solution
If a number has digits, its square can contain no more than digits, which gives in total. If our number has digits or more, its square has at least , therefore, we must use at least digits. Therefore, no such number exists.
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