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Singleton Difference

ℹ️Published on Friday, 29th December 2006, 06:00 pm; Solved by 6418;
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The positive integers, $x$, $y$, and $z$, are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. Given that $n$ is a positive integer, the equation, $x^2 - y^2 - z^2 = n$, has exactly one solution when $n = 20$: $$13^2 - 10^2 - 7^2 = 20.$$

In fact there are twenty-five values of $n$ below one hundred for which the equation has a unique solution.

How many values of $n$ less than fifty million have exactly one solution?



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