ITOT 42 Spring 2021 - THPT A - additive practice Question 6

Find at least one real number $A$ such that for every positive integer $n$, the distance from $\lceil A^n\rceil$ to the nearest perfect square of an integer is exactly 2. Here $\lceil x\rceil$ is the smallest integer not less than $x$. (10 points)



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