A congruum is a positive integer that is the common difference
of an arithmetic progression of three square numbers. Equivalently, the congruum
problem has integer solutions satisfying
and
The first congrua are 24, 96, 120, 216, 240, 336, 384, 480, 600, 720, ... (OEIS A256418). For example, and
. If
is a congruum, then so is
for every positive integer
, obtained by multiplying
,
,
and
by
.