This week's problem was submitted by Laura Wente, President of the Bradley University Chapter of the MAA.

Note: Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, solutions to this problem will be due on December 8th.

Suppose that n is a positive integer and that 2n + 1 is the square of an integer. Show that n + 1 is the sum of the square of two integers.

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