Unsolved Problem Q105004, Brocard's Problem




Statement:

Does the equation $$n!+1=m^2$$ have integer solutions other than \(n=4,5,7\)?



Author  Date Published  Prize  Paid By 
     
Henri Brocard & Srinivasa Ramanujan (Independently)  1876, 1885 & 1913 respectively   


Partial Results:

Integer pairs that solve Brocard's problem are known as Brown numbers. There are only three known pairs: \( (4,5),(5,11),(7,71)\)



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References:

Berndt, Bruce C.; Galway, William F. (2000), "The Brocard–Ramanujan diophantine equation n! + 1 = m2" (PDF), The Ramanujan Journal, 4: 41–42, doi:10.1023/A:1009873805276, S2CID 119711158.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Brocard's Problem". MathWorld.
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrownNumbers.html



Keywords:

Brocard, Brown, Ramanujan