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Source: 5th Memorial Mathematical Competition "Aleksandar Blazhevski - Cane" - Senior - Problem 5

January 29, 2024
number theory

Problem Statement

For a given integer k1k \geq 1, find all kk-tuples of positive integers (n1,n2,...,nk)(n_1,n_2,...,n_k) with GCD(n1,n2,...,nk)=1\text{GCD}(n_1,n_2,...,n_k) = 1 and n2(n1+1)n11n_2|(n_1+1)^{n_1}-1, n3(n2+1)n21n_3|(n_2+1)^{n_2}-1, ... , n1(nk+1)nk1n_1|(n_k+1)^{n_k}-1.
Proposed by Pavel Dimovski