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MATH / A lattice point in the xy-plane is a point both of whose coordinates are integers (not necessarily positive). How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola x²−y²=17?

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A lattice point in the xyxy-plane is a point both of whose coordinates are integers (not necessarily positive). How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola x2−y2=17x^2-y^2=17?
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A lattice point in the xy-plane is a point both of whose coordinates are integers (not necessarily positive).  How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola x²−y²=17?
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A lattice point in the $xy$-plane is a point both of whose coordinates are integers (not necessarily positive).  How many lattice points lie on the hyperbola $x^2-y^2=17$?

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Algebra

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