Suppose that , are two positive integers.
Prove that:
There are infinitely many positive integers such that and are relatively prime.
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Let , where is any positive integer. To prove that and are relatively prime, we only need to prove that for any prime factor of , .
If , we have
Therefore, .
If , there exists integer such that but . Then .
We have
Therefore, and . Since , we get . The proof is completed.
Solution 2
Let , where is any positive integer. The following proof steps are similar to those in Solution I, and are omitted.
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