Solution

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Let the common difference of be . Then
For and ,
so .
Part (c) says every rational point is one of the eight torsion points from part (b). Among their -coordinates, the only negative value of the form with is , arising from or . Thus , and the four-term arithmetic progression has common difference zero. Consequently
Clearing denominators gives Euler's corresponding result for integer squares.

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