Are 0 and 1 Considered Perfect Squares?

Kyoma · Mar 30, 2011

I know this may sound dumb, but is zero and one perfect squares? I have no idea.

Dickfore · Mar 30, 2011

what is a perfect square?

MOG_Manuel · Mar 30, 2011

I guess it's a language barrier problem, a perfect square is a number that can be rooted into an integer, i.e., it's the square of an integer.

0 and 1 are perfect squares, yes.

Mensanator · Mar 30, 2011

MOG_Manuel said:

I guess it's a language barrier problem, a perfect square is a number that can be rooted into an integer, i.e., it's the square of an integer.

0 and 1 are perfect squares, yes.

The source I looked at said Rational number, not integer. Thus, 36/81 is also a Perfect Square.

Are 0 and 1 Considered Perfect Squares?

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