is a positive integer and relatively prime with . are positive integers such that and . If for arbitrary natural number such that () triple's number is equal to () then prove that .
(proposed by G. Batzaya)
Solution
Consider the following polynomials:
Now assume the contrary, in other words .
Analogously, we have . From the given condition, we get the following equality:
Now consider polynomials. Therefore . Thus we can write the following way:
Also, by (*) we have
The last equation is the same as the following:
In the equation (***) substituting , we get which is the same as . Therefore, this implies that . This is a contradiction with .
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