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JBMO Shortlist 2023 N6

Source: JBMO Shortlist 2023, N6

June 28, 2024
JBMOJBMO Shortlistnumber theory

Problem Statement

Version 1. Find all primes pp satisfying the following conditions:
(i) p+12\frac{p+1}{2} is a prime number. (ii) There are at least three distinct positive integers nn for which p2+np+n2\frac{p^2+n}{p+n^2} is an integer.
Version 2. Let p5p \neq 5 be a prime number such that p+12\frac{p+1}{2} is also a prime. Suppose there exist positive integers a<ba <b such that p2+ap+a2\frac{p^2+a}{p+a^2} and p2+bp+b2\frac{p^2+b}{p+b^2} are integers. Show that b=(a1)2+1b=(a-1)^2+1.