Found problems: 583
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$.
Solve the following equation in the set of positive integers
$x + y^2 + (GCD(x, y))^2 = xy \cdot GCD(x, y)$.
For each pair $a, \,b$ of coprime natural numbers, let $d_{a,\,b}$ be the greatest common divisor of $51a + b$ and $a + 51b$. Find the maximum possible value of $d_{a,\,b}$.
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
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A sequence of positive integers is defined by $a_0=1$ and $a_{n+1}=a_n^2+1$ for each $n\ge0$. Find $\text{gcd}(a_{999},a_{2004})$.
Determine $ \gcd (n^2\plus{}2,n^3\plus{}1)$ for $ n\equal{}9^{753}$.
The denominators of two irreducible fractions are 600 and 700. Find the minimum value of the denominator of their sum (written as an irreducible fraction).
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]
Given a list of integers $2^1+1, 2^2+1, \ldots, 2^{2019}+1$, Adam chooses two different integers from the list and computes their greatest common divisor. Find the sum of all possible values of this greatest common divisor.
Among families in a neighborhood in the city of Chimoio, a total of $144$ notebooks, $192$ pencils and $216$ erasers were distributed. This distribution was made so that the largest possible number of families was covered and everyone received the same number of each material, without having any leftovers. In this case, how many notebooks, pencils and erasers did each family receive?
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^2 + mx -1 = 0$ where $m$ is an odd integer. Let $\lambda _n = \alpha ^n + \beta ^n , n \geq 0$
Prove that
(A) $\lambda _n$ is an integer
(B) gcd ( $\lambda _n , \lambda_{n+1}$) = 1 .
$a$, $b$ and $c$ are positive integers with $\textrm{gcd}(a,b,c)=1$. Is it true that there exist a positive integer $n$ such that $a^k+b^k+c^k$ is not divisible by $2^n$ for all $k$?
Let $n$ be integer, $n>1.$ An element of the set $M=\{ 1,2,3,\ldots,n^2-1\}$ is called [i]good[/i] if there exists some element $b$ of $M$ such that $ab-b$ is divisible by $n^2.$ Furthermore, an element $a$ is called [i]very good[/i] if $a^2-a$ is divisible by $n^2.$ Let $g$ denote the number of [i]good[/i] elements in $M$ and $v$ denote the number of [i]very good[/i] elements in $M.$ Prove that
\[v^2+v \leq g \leq n^2-n.\]
Martin invented the following algorithm. Let two irreducible fractions $ \frac{s_1}{t_1}$ and $ \frac{s_2}{t_2}$ be given as inputs, with the numerators and denominators being positive integers. Divide $ s_1$ and $ s_2$ by their greatest common divisor $ c$ and obtain $ a_1$ and $ a_2$, respectively. Similarily, divide $ t_1$ and $ t_2$ by their greatest common divisor $ d$ and obtain $ b_1$ and $ b_2$, respectively. After that, form a new fraction $ \frac{a_1b_2 \plus{} a_2b_1}{t_1b_2}$, reduce it, and multiply the numerator of the result by $ c$. Martin claims that this algorithm always finds the sum of the original fractions as an irreducible fraction. Is his claim correct?
A strictly increasing sequence $(a_n)$ has the property that $\gcd(a_m,a_n) = a_{\gcd(m,n)}$ for all $m,n\in \mathbb{N}$. Suppose $k$ is the least positive integer for which there exist positive integers $r < k < s$ such that $a_k^2 = a_ra_s$. Prove that $r | k$ and $k | s$.
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.
Let $G$ a $n$ elements group. Find all the functions $f:G\rightarrow \mathbb{N}^*$ such that:
(a) $f(x)=1$ if and only if $x$ is $G$'s identity;
(b) $f(x^k)=\frac{f(x)}{(f(x),k)}$ for any divisor $k$ of $n$, where $(r,s)$ stands for the greatest common divisor of the positive integers $r$ and $s$.
$n > 1$ is an odd number and $a_1, a_2, . . . , a_n$ are positive integers such that $gcd(a_1, a_2, . . . , a_n) = 1$. If
$d = gcd (a_1^n + a_1.a_2. . . a_n, a_2^n + a_1.a_2. . . a_n, . . . , a_n^n + a_1.a_2. . . a_n) $
find all possible values of $d$.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive integers such that $a^2 - bc$ is a square. Prove that $2a + b + c$ is not prime.
[i]Evan o'Dorney[/i]
The integers $a_0, a_1, a_2, a_3,\ldots$ are defined as follows:
$a_0 = 1$, $a_1 = 3$, and $a_{n+1} = a_n + a_{n-1}$ for all $n \ge 1$.
Find all integers $n \ge 1$ for which $na_{n+1} + a_n$ and $na_n + a_{n-1}$ share a common factor greater than $1$.
Find all integer solutions to $2 x^4 + 1 = y^2.$
On the blackboard there are written $100$ different positive integers . To each of these numbers is added the $\gcd$ of the $99$ other numbers . In the new $100$ numbers , is it possible for $3$ of them to be equal.
[i] (С. Берлов)[/i]
Let $G$ be a graph on $n\geq 6$ vertices and every vertex is of degree at least 3. If $C_{1}, C_{2}, \dots, C_{k}$ are all the cycles in $G$, determine all possible values of $\gcd(|C_{1}|, |C_{2}|, \dots, |C_{k}|)$ where $|C|$ denotes the number of vertices in the cycle $C$.
Let $S$ be the set of integers which are both a multiple of $70$ and a factor of $630{,}000$. A random element $c$ of $S$ is selected. If the probability that there exists an integer $d$ with $\gcd (c,d) = 70$ and $\operatorname{lcm} (c,d) = 630{,}000$ is $\frac mn$ for some relatively prime integers $m$ and $n$, compute $100m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Eugene Chen[/i]
Let $A$ be an infinite set of positive integers such that every $n \in A$ is the product of at most $1987$ prime numbers. Prove that there is an infinite set $B \subset A$ and a number $p$ such that the greatest common divisor of any two distinct numbers in $B$ is $p.$