Exercise 4.1.3


It's not hard to show that n must have the form pa2 for some odd prime p and odd a.  [Use Thm 4.5 or the corollary.]

To see that n and p are congruent modulo 8, examine the difference n - p = p(a2 - 1) = p(a - 1)(a + 1).  Note the last two factors are consecutive even numbers.  What can you conclude about this product based on this observation?