gcd of set $S$
Source: Shortlist BMO 2019, N2
November 7, 2020
number theorygreatest common divisor
Problem Statement
Let be a nonempty set, where is a positive integer. We denote by the greatest common divisor of the elements of the set . We assume that and let be its smallest divisor greater than . Let be a set such that and . Prove that the greatest common divisor of the elements in is .
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[Second Version]
Let be a positive integer and . Let be a nonempty subset of and let be the smallest common divisor of all elements of the set . Find the smallest positive integer such that for any subset of , consisting of elements, with , the greatest common divisor of all elements of is equal to .