Found problems: 471
Find all natural numbers $n$ for which $1^{\phi (n)} + 2^{\phi (n)} +... + n^{\phi (n)}$ is coprime with $n$.
An ordered pair $(x, y)$ of integers is a primitive point if the greatest common divisor of $x$ and $y$ is $1$. Given a finite set $S$ of primitive points, prove that there exist a positive integer $n$ and integers $a_0, a_1, \ldots , a_n$ such that, for each $(x, y)$ in $S$, we have:
$$a_0x^n + a_1x^{n-1} y + a_2x^{n-2}y^2 + \cdots + a_{n-1}xy^{n-1} + a_ny^n = 1.$$
[i]Proposed by John Berman, United States[/i]
Find all pairs $(p,q)$ of prime numbers which $p>q$ and
$$\frac{(p+q)^{p+q}(p-q)^{p-q}-1}{(p+q)^{p-q}(p-q)^{p+q}-1}$$
is an integer.
Let $n$ be a positive integer such that the number
\[\frac{1^k + 2^k + \dots + n^k}{n}\]
is an integer for any $k \in \{1, 2, \dots, 99\}$. Prove that $n$ has no divisors between 2 and 100, inclusive.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that $a(n) = n^5 +5^n$ is divisible by $11$ if and only if $b(n) = n^5 · 5^n +1$ is divisible by $11$.
[i](Walther Janous)[/i]
Find all polynomials $f$ with integer coefficient such that, for every prime $p$ and natural numbers $u$ and $v$ with the condition:
\[ p \mid uv - 1 \]
we always have $p \mid f(u)f(v) - 1$.
Let $A$ be a subset of $\{2,3, \ldots, 28 \}$ such that if $a \in A$, then the residue obtained when we divide $a^2$ by $29$ also belongs to $A$.
Find the minimum possible value of $|A|$.
Solve in prime numbers $ 2p^q \minus{} q^p \equal{} 7$.
Let $n > 1$ be a given integer. Prove that infinitely many terms of the sequence $(a_k )_{k\ge 1}$, defined by \[a_k=\left\lfloor\frac{n^k}{k}\right\rfloor,\] are odd. (For a real number $x$, $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the largest integer not exceeding $x$.)
[i]Proposed by Hong Kong[/i]
Find all positive integers $k$ such that for the first $k$ prime numbers $2, 3, \ldots, p_k$ there exist positive integers $a$ and $n>1$, such that $2\cdot 3\cdot\ldots\cdot p_k - 1=a^n$.
[i]V. Senderov[/i]
For each prime $p$, construct a graph $G_p$ on $\{1,2,\ldots p\}$, where $m\neq n$ are adjacent if and only if $p$ divides $(m^{2} + 1-n)(n^{2} + 1-m)$. Prove that $G_p$ is disconnected for infinitely many $p$
Determine the last digit of number $18^1+18^2+...+18^{19}+18^{20}$
Determine all functions $f$ defined on the set of all positive integers and taking non-negative integer values, satisfying the three conditions:
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[*] $(i)$ $f(n) \neq 0$ for at least one $n$;
[*] $(ii)$ $f(x y)=f(x)+f(y)$ for every positive integers $x$ and $y$;
[*] $(iii)$ there are infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $f(k)=f(n-k)$ for all $k<n$.
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Let the sequence an be defined by $a_0 = 2, a_1 = 15$, and $a_{n+2 }= 15a_{n+1} + 16a_n$ for $n \ge 0$.
Show that there are infinitely many integers $k$ such that $269 | a_k$.
Find all the pairs of positive integers $(x,p)$ such that p is a prime, $x \leq 2p$ and $x^{p-1}$ is a divisor of $ (p-1)^{x}+1$.
A positive interger number $k$ is called “$t-m$”-property if forall positive interger number $a$, there exists a positive integer number $n$ such that
${{1}^{k}}+{{2}^{k}}+{{3}^{k}}+...+{{n}^{k}} \equiv a (\bmod m).$
a) Find all positive integer numbers $k$ which has $t-20$-property.
b) Find smallest positive integer number $k$ which has $t-{{20}^{15}}$-property.
An ordered pair $(x, y)$ of integers is a primitive point if the greatest common divisor of $x$ and $y$ is $1$. Given a finite set $S$ of primitive points, prove that there exist a positive integer $n$ and integers $a_0, a_1, \ldots , a_n$ such that, for each $(x, y)$ in $S$, we have:
$$a_0x^n + a_1x^{n-1} y + a_2x^{n-2}y^2 + \cdots + a_{n-1}xy^{n-1} + a_ny^n = 1.$$
[i]Proposed by John Berman, United States[/i]
Determine all sequences $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_{2011})$ of positive integers, such that for every positive integer $n$ there exists an integer $a$ with \[\sum^{2011}_{j=1} j x^n_j = a^{n+1} + 1\]
[i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]
Find all triples $(p, x, y)$ consisting of a prime number $p$ and two positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $x^{p -1} + y$ and $x + y^ {p -1}$ are both powers of $p$.
[i]Proposed by Belgium[/i]
For a finite set $X$ define \[
S(X) = \sum_{x \in X} x \text{ and }
P(x) = \prod_{x \in X} x.
\] Let $A$ and $B$ be two finite sets of positive integers such that $\left\lvert A \right\rvert = \left\lvert B \right\rvert$, $P(A) = P(B)$ and $S(A) \neq S(B)$. Suppose for any $n \in A \cup B$ and prime $p$ dividing $n$, we have $p^{36} \mid n$ and $p^{37} \nmid n$. Prove that \[ \left\lvert S(A) - S(B) \right\rvert > 1.9 \cdot 10^{6}. \][i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
Find all positive integers $n$ for which there exist two distinct numbers of $n$ digits, $\overline{a_1a_2\ldots a_n}$ and $\overline{b_1b_2\ldots b_n}$, such that the number of $2n$ digits $\overline{a_1a_2\ldots a_nb_1b_2\ldots b_n}$ is divisible by $\overline{b_1b_2\ldots b_na_1a_2\ldots a_n}$.
Let $p_k$ be the $k$-th prime number. Find the remainder when $\sum_{k=2}^{2550}p_k^{p_k^4-1}$ is divided by $2550$.
Find all triples of positive integers $(x, y, z)$ that satisfy the equation
$$2020^x + 2^y = 2024^z.$$
[i]Proposed by Ognjen Tešić, Serbia[/i]
$S$ is a subset of Natural numbers which has infinite members.
$$S’=\left\{x^y+y^x: \, x,y\in S, \, x\neq y\right\}$$
Prove the set of prime divisors of $S’$ has also infinite members
[i]Proposed by Yahya Motevassel[/i]
For each prime $p$, construct a graph $G_p$ on $\{1,2,\ldots p\}$, where $m\neq n$ are adjacent if and only if $p$ divides $(m^{2} + 1-n)(n^{2} + 1-m)$. Prove that $G_p$ is disconnected for infinitely many $p$