The map $\phi(x,y)=(\sqrt{1+x^2}-y,x)$ of the plane is area preserving
and has the remarkable property that in numerical studies it shows
exact integrability: The plane is a union of smooth, disjoint,
invariant curves of the map $\phi$. However, the integral has not
explicitly been known. In the current paper we will show that the map
$\phi$ does not have an algebraic integral, {i.e.,} there is no
non-constant function $F(x,y)$ such that
\begin{enumerate}
\item $F\circ\phi=F$;
\item There
exists a polynomial $G(x,y,z)$ of three variables with %and
\[G(x,y,F(x,y))=0.\]
\end{enumerate}
Thus, the integral of $\phi$, if it does exist,
will have complicated singularities. We also argue that if there is an
analytic integral $F$, then there would be a dense set of its level
curves
which are algebraic, and an uncountable and dense set of its level
curves which are not algebraic.