For each integer $n$ ($n \ge 2$), let $f(n)$ denote the sum of all positive integers that are at most $n$ and not relatively prime to $n$. Prove that $f(n+p) \neq f(n)$ for each such $n$ and every prime $p$.

For a finite set $A$ of positive integers, a partition of $A$ into two disjoint nonempty subsets $A_1$ and $A_2$ is $\textit{good}$ if the least common multiple of the elements in $A_1$ is equal to the greatest common divisor of the elements in $A_2$. Determine the minimum value of $n$ such that there exists a set of $n$ positive integers with exactly $2015$ good partitions.

Let $P(x) = x^2 - 20x - 11$. If $a$ and $b$ are natural numbers such that $a$ is composite, $\gcd(a, b) = 1$, and $P(a) = P(b)$, compute $ab$. Note: $\gcd(m, n)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of $m$ and $n$. [i]Proposed by Aaron Lin [/i]

Suppose that both $x^{3}-x$ and $x^{4}-x$ are integers for some real number $x$. Show that $x$ is an integer.

For $ a_i \in \mathbb{Z}^ \plus{}$, $ i \equal{} 1, \ldots, k$, and $ n \equal{} \sum^k_{i \equal{} 1} a_i$, let $ d \equal{} \gcd(a_1, \ldots, a_k)$ denote the greatest common divisor of $ a_1, \ldots, a_k$. Prove that $ \frac {d} {n} \cdot \frac {n!}{\prod\limits^k_{i \equal{} 1} (a_i!)}$ is an integer. [i]Dan Schwarz, Romania[/i]

Let $n$ be the least positive integer greater than $1000$ for which $$\gcd(63, n+120) =21\quad \text{and} \quad \gcd(n+63, 120)=60.$$What is the sum of the digits of $n$? $\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 18 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 21\qquad\textbf{(E) } 24$

Find all positive integers $x,y,z$ and $t$ such that $2^x3^y+5^z=7^t$.

Let $S \subset \{ 1, \dots, n \}$ be a nonempty set, where $n$ is a positive integer. We denote by $s$ the greatest common divisor of the elements of the set $S$. We assume that $s \not= 1$ and let $d$ be its smallest divisor greater than $1$. Let $T \subset \{ 1, \dots, n \}$ be a set such that $S \subset T$ and $|T| \ge 1 + \left[ \frac{n}{d} \right]$. Prove that the greatest common divisor of the elements in $T$ is $1$. ----------- [Second Version] Let $n(n \ge 1)$ be a positive integer and $U = \{ 1, \dots, n \}$. Let $S$ be a nonempty subset of $U$ and let $d (d \not= 1)$ be the smallest common divisor of all elements of the set $S$. Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that for any subset $T$ of $U$, consisting of $k$ elements, with $S \subset T$, the greatest common divisor of all elements of $T$ is equal to $1$.

Let $n, m$ be integers greater than $1$, and let $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_m$ be positive integers not greater than $n^m$. Prove that there exist positive integers $b_1, b_2, \dots, b_m$ not greater than $n$, such that \[ \gcd(a_1 + b_1, a_2 + b_2, \dots, a_m + b_m) < n, \] where $\gcd(x_1, x_2, \dots, x_m)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_m$.

Consider the expansion \[(1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)^{496} = a_0 + a_1x + \cdots + a_{1984}x^{1984}.\] [b](a)[/b] Determine the greatest common divisor of the coefficients $a_3, a_8, a_{13}, \ldots , a_{1983}.$ [b](b)[/b] Prove that $10^{340 }< a_{992} < 10^{347}.$

Let $ a_0$, $ a_1$, $ a_2$, $ \ldots$ be a sequence of positive integers such that the greatest common divisor of any two consecutive terms is greater than the preceding term; in symbols, $ \gcd (a_i, a_{i \plus{} 1}) > a_{i \minus{} 1}$. Prove that $ a_n\ge 2^n$ for all $ n\ge 0$. [i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian, Iran[/i]

Determine if there exist positive integer pairs $(m,n)$, such that (i) the greatest common divisor of m and $n$ is $1$, and $m \le 2007$, (ii) for any $k=1,2,..., 2007$, $\big[\frac{nk}{m}\big]=\big[\sqrt2 k\big]$ . (Here $[x]$ stands for the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.)

Is it possible for Pingu to choose $2025$ positive integers $a_1, ..., a_{2025}$ such that: 1. The sequence $a_i$ is increasing; 2. $\gcd(a_1,a_2)>\gcd(a_2,a_3)>...>\gcd(a_{2024},a_{2025})>\gcd(a_{2025},a_1)>1$? [i](Proposed by Tan Rui Xuen and Ivan Chan Guan Yu)[/i]

Show that there exists a positive real $C$ such that for any naturals $H,N$ satisfying $H \geq 3, N \geq e^{CH}$, for any subset of $\{1,2,\ldots,N\}$ with size $\lceil \frac{CHN}{\ln N} \rceil$, one can find $H$ naturals in it such that the greatest common divisor of any two elements is the greatest common divisor of all $H$ elements.

Consider the set $S= \{(a + b)^7 - a^7 - b^7 : a,b \in Z\}$. Find the greatest common divisor of all members in $S$.

What is the greatest common divisor of the set of numbers \[\{{16}^{n}+10n-1 \; \vert \; n=1,2,\cdots \}?\]

Let $h(t)$ and $f(t)$ be polynomials such that $h(t)=t^2$ and $f_n(t)=h(h(h(h(h...h(t))))))-1$ where $h(t)$ occurs $n$ times. Prove that $f_n(t)$ is a factor of $f_N(t)$ whenever $n$ is a factor of $N$

Let $p \ge 2$ be a prime number and $\frac{a_p}{b_p}= 1 +\frac12+ .. +\frac{1}{p^2 -1}$, where $a_p$ and $b_p$ are two relatively prime positive integers. Compute gcd $(p, b_p)$.

A finite set $S$ of positive integers has the property that, for each $s \in S,$ and each positive integer divisor $d$ of $s$, there exists a unique element $t \in S$ satisfying $\text{gcd}(s, t) = d$. (The elements $s$ and $t$ could be equal.) Given this information, find all possible values for the number of elements of $S$.

For a finite set $A$ of positive integers, a partition of $A$ into two disjoint nonempty subsets $A_1$ and $A_2$ is $\textit{good}$ if the least common multiple of the elements in $A_1$ is equal to the greatest common divisor of the elements in $A_2$. Determine the minimum value of $n$ such that there exists a set of $n$ positive integers with exactly $2015$ good partitions.

Find all real solutions of the following set of equations: \[72x^3+4xy^2=11y^3\] \[27x^5-45x^4y-10x^2y^3=\frac{-143}{32}y^5\]

Let $a, b, m$ be integers such that gcd $(a, b) = 1$ and $5 | ma^2 + b^2$ . Show that there exists an integer $n$ such that $5 | m - n^2$.

Let $ m,n$ be integers such that $ 0\le m\le 2n$. Then prove that the number $ 2^{2n \plus{} 2} \plus{} 2^{m \plus{} 2} \plus{} 1$ is perfect square iff $ m \equal{} n$.

Prove that there exists a positive $ c$ such that for every positive integer $ N$ among any $ N$ positive integers not exceeding $ 2N$ there are two numbers whose greatest common divisor is greater than $ cN$.

Show that there exists a positive real $C$ such that for any naturals $H,N$ satisfying $H \geq 3, N \geq e^{CH}$, for any subset of $\{1,2,\ldots,N\}$ with size $\lceil \frac{CHN}{\ln N} \rceil$, one can find $H$ naturals in it such that the greatest common divisor of any two elements is the greatest common divisor of all $H$ elements.