Monday, 23 December 2013

diophantine equations - Can $3p^4-3p^2+1$ be square number?

I know $4p^4+1$ can't be square number, cause $4p^4<4p^4+1<4p^4+4p^2+1$ for all natural number p.
But I don't know the way to prove $3p^4-3p^2+1$ can(not) be square number. Is there a well known way to prove it?

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