what kind of natural numbers cannot be written as difference of two perfect squares
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Numbers such as 2,6,10 etc can't be made because these are made by multiplying an even by an odd. Thus, a number n can only be a difference of two squares if it has two factors of the form (a + b) and (a - b), where a + b \geq \sqrt{n} and a - b \leq \sqrt{n}.
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Numbers such as 2,6,10 etc can't be made because these are made by multiplying an even by an odd. Thus, a number n can only be a difference of two squares if it has two factors of the form (a + b) and (a - b), where a + b \geq \sqrt{n} and a - b \leq \sqrt{n}.
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