The numbers $p$ and $q$ are prime and satisfy \[\frac{p}{{p + 1}} + \frac{{q + 1}}{q} = \frac{{2n}}{{n + 2}}\] for some positive integer $n$. Find all possible values of $q-p$. [i]Luxembourg (Pierre Haas)[/i]

How many prime numbers less than $100$ can be represented as sum of squares of consequtive positive integers? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 7$

Prove that for each positive integer $ n$ there exist $ n$ consecutive positive integers none of which is an integral power of a prime number.

Determine all prime numbers of the form $1 + 2^p + 3^p +...+ p^p$ where $p$ is a prime number.

Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$, $ e$, $ f$ be positive integers and let $ S = a+b+c+d+e+f$. Suppose that the number $ S$ divides $ abc+def$ and $ ab+bc+ca-de-ef-df$. Prove that $ S$ is composite.

Let $p$ be a positive prime integer, $S(p)$ be the number of triples $(x,y,z)$ such that $x,y,z\in\{0,1,..., p-1\}$ and $x^2+y^2+z^2$ is divided by $p$. Prove that $S(p) \ge 2p- 1$. (I. Bliznets)

From the set of numbers $1 , 2, 3, . . . , 1985$ choose the largest subset such that the difference between any two numbers in the subset is not a prime number (the prime numbers are $2, 3 , 5 , 7,... , 1$ is not a prime number) .

Find the largest integer that divides $p^4 - 1$ for all primes $p > 4$

Suppose that $\alpha$ is a real number and $a_1<a_2<.....$ is a strictly increasing sequence of natural numbers such that for each natural number $n$ we have $a_n\le n^{\alpha}$. We call the prime number $q$ golden if there exists a natural number $m$ such that $q|a_m$. Suppose that $q_1<q_2<q_3<.....$ are all the golden prime numbers of the sequence $\{a_n\}$. [b]a)[/b] Prove that if $\alpha=1.5$, then $q_n\le 1390^n$. Can you find a better bound for $q_n$? [b]b)[/b] Prove that if $\alpha=2.4$, then $q_n\le 1390^{2n}$. Can you find a better bound for $q_n$? [i]part [b]a[/b] proposed by mahyar sefidgaran by an idea of this question that the $n$th prime number is less than $2^{2n-2}$ part [b]b[/b] proposed by mostafa einollah zade[/i]

For which prime numbers $p$ and $q$ is $(p+1)^q$ a perfect square?

Suppose that primes $a_1, a_2, . . . , a_p$ form an increasing arithmetic progression and $a_1 > p$. Prove that if $p$ is a prime, then the difference of the progression is divisible by $p$.

For each positive integer $n$ larger than $1$ with prime factorization $p_1^{\alpha_1}p_2^{\alpha_2}\cdots p_k^{\alpha_k}$, its [i]signature[/i] is defined as the sum $\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\cdots+\alpha_k$. Does there exist $2020$ consecutive positive integers such that among them, there are exactly $1812$ integers whose signatures are strictly smaller than $11$?

Both roots of the quadratic equation $ x^2 \minus{} 63x \plus{} k \equal{} 0$ are prime numbers. The number of possible values of $ k$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \textbf{more than four}$

Decide if there are primes $p, q, r$ such that $(p^2 + p) (q^2 + q) (r^2 + r)$ is a square of an integer.

Let $p$ be a prime number. The natural numbers $m$ and $n$ are written in the system with the base $p$ as $n = a_0 + a_1p +...+ a_kp^k$ and $m = b_0 + b_1p +..+ b_kp^k$. Prove that $${n \choose m} \equiv \prod_{i=0}^{k}{a_i \choose b_i} (mod p)$$