MathDB
Problems
Contests
National and Regional Contests
PEN Problems
PEN A Problems
39
A 39
A 39
Source:
May 25, 2007
Divisibility Theory
pen
Problem Statement
Let
n
n
n
be a positive integer. Prove that the following two statements are equivalent. [*]
n
n
n
is not divisible by
4
4
4
[*] There exist
a
,
b
ā
Z
a, b \in \mathbb{Z}
a
,
b
ā
Z
such that
a
2
+
b
2
+
1
a^{2}+b^{2}+1
a
2
+
b
2
+
1
is divisible by
n
n
n
.
Back to Problems
View on AoPS