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Perfect square preserving polynomial

Source: Iran TST 2008

May 25, 2008
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Problem Statement

Find all polynomials p p of one variable with integer coefficients such that if a a and b b are natural numbers such that a \plus{} b is a perfect square, then p\left(a\right) \plus{} p\left(b\right) is also a perfect square.