The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmatic progression with integer entries is added to the product of any four consecutive terms of it. Prove that the resulting sum is the square of an integer.

A coin probability $$p$$ of showing head when tossed. It is tossed $$n$$ times. Let $${p_n}$$ denote the probability that no two (or more) consecutive heads occur. Prove that $${p_1} = 1,\,\,{p_2} = 1 - {p^2}$$ and $${p_n} = \left( {1 - p} \right).\,\,{p_{n - 1}} + p\left( {1 - p} \right){p_{n - 2}}$$ for all $$n \ge 3.$$

Prove by induction on, that $${p_n} = A{\alpha ^n} + B{\beta ^n}$$ for all $$n \ge 1,$$ where $$\alpha $$ and $$\beta $$ are the roots of quadratic equation $${x^2} - \left( {1 - p} \right)x - p\left( {1 - p} \right) = 0$$ and $$A = {{{p^2} + \beta - 1} \over {\alpha \beta - {\alpha ^2}}},B = {{{p^2} + \alpha - 1} \over {\alpha \beta - {\beta ^2}}}.$$

Let $$a,\,b,\,c$$ be possitive real numbers such that $${b^2} - 4ac > 0$$ and let $${\alpha _1} = c.$$ Prove by induction that $${\alpha _{n + 1}} = {{a\alpha _n^2} \over {\left( {{b^2} - 2a\left( {{\alpha _1} + {\alpha _2} + ... + {\alpha _n}} \right)} \right)}}$$ is well-defined and
$${\alpha _{n + 1}} < {{{\alpha _n}} \over 2}$$ for all $$n = 1,2,....$$ (Here, 'well-defined' means that the denominator in the expression for $${\alpha _{n + 1}}$$ is not zero.)

For every possitive integer $$n$$, prove that
$$\sqrt {\left( {4n + 1} \right)} < \sqrt n + \sqrt {n + 1} < \sqrt {4n + 2}.$$
Hence or otherwise, prove that $$\left[ {\sqrt n + \sqrt {\left( {n + 1} \right)} } \right] = \left[ {\sqrt {4n + 1} \,\,} \right],$$
where $$\left[ x \right]$$ denotes the gratest integer not exceeding $$x$$.