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Can someone make this approach work in an attempt Approach to resolve a problem of Brocard?

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of findingto find solutions of

$$n!+1=m^2$$

in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$.

There are three known solutions: (4,5)$(4,5)$, (5,11)$(5,11)$ and (7,71)$(7,71)$.

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also I believe Erdös' conjecture that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m$m$ by noting that m^2$m^2$ must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That That is, as n$n$ grows bigger and bigger, an n!$n!$ will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1$n!+1$ will have 1$1$ as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s$m$´s for which m^2$m^2$ has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one$1$.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s$m$`s whose squares end in  $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101$101$,1001 $1001$,10001 $10001$,100001 $100001$,... $\ldots$ and, more generally, these ones:

101$101$,10b01 $10b01$,100b001 $100b001$,.. $\ldots$

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m$m$ if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2$m^2$ has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`$m$`s?

Can someone make this approach work in an attempt to resolve problem of Brocard?

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of finding solutions in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$

There are three known solutions: (4,5), (5,11) and (7,71).

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also believe that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m by noting that m^2 must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That is, as n grows bigger and bigger, an n! will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1 will have 1 as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s for which m^2 has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s whose squares end in  $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101,1001,10001,100001,... and, more generally, these ones:

101,10b01,100b001,..

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2 has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`s?

Approach to resolve a problem of Brocard

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is to find solutions of

$$n!+1=m^2$$

in natural numbers.

There are three known solutions: $(4,5)$, $(5,11)$ and $(7,71)$. I believe Erdös' conjecture that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes $m$ by noting that $m^2$ must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$. That is, as $n$ grows bigger and bigger, an $n!$ will have more and more zeroes at its end and $n!+1$ will have $1$ as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of $m$´s for which $m^2$ has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is $1$.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural $m$`s whose squares end in $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: $101$, $1001$, $10001$, $100001$, $\ldots$ and, more generally, these ones:

$101$, $10b01$, $100b001$, $\ldots$

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about $m$ if we know that, in decimal notation, $m^2$ has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those $m$`s?

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As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of finding solutions in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$

There are three known solutions: (4,5), (5,11) and (7,71).

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also believe that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m by noting that m^2 must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That is, as n grows bigger and bigger, an n! will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1 will have 1 as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s for which m^2 has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s thatwhose squares end in $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101,1001,10001,100001,... and, more generally, these ones:

101,10b01,100b001,..

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2 has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`s?

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of finding solutions in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$

There are three known solutions: (4,5), (5,11) and (7,71).

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also believe that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m by noting that m^2 must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That is, as n grows bigger and bigger, an n! will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1 will have 1 as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s for which m^2 has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s that end in $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101,1001,10001,100001,... and, more generally, these ones:

101,10b01,100b001,..

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2 has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`s?

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of finding solutions in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$

There are three known solutions: (4,5), (5,11) and (7,71).

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also believe that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m by noting that m^2 must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That is, as n grows bigger and bigger, an n! will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1 will have 1 as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s for which m^2 has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s whose squares end in $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101,1001,10001,100001,... and, more generally, these ones:

101,10b01,100b001,..

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2 has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`s?

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Can someone make this approach work in an attempt to resolve problem of Brocard?

As written on Wikipedia a problem of Brocard is a problem of finding solutions in natural numbers of an equation $$n!+1=m^2$$

There are three known solutions: (4,5), (5,11) and (7,71).

Erdos conjectured that there are no other solutions and I also believe that there are no other solutions.

I thought about an approach that characterizes m by noting that m^2 must be of the form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$.

That is, as n grows bigger and bigger, an n! will have more and more zeroes at its end and n!+1 will have 1 as the last digit before which there will be some number of zeroes.

Thus, a question begs for characterization of m´s for which m^2 has a lot of zeroes before the last digit, which is one.

I am thinking whether it is true that only natural m`s that end in $\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$ are these ones: 101,1001,10001,100001,... and, more generally, these ones:

101,10b01,100b001,..

If this is really true then we have a solution of a problem.

So, what do we can tell about m if we know that, in decimal notation, m^2 has a form $m^2=m_1...m_k\underbrace{0... 0 ...0}_{l\text{ times}}1$?

Can we characterize those m`s?