Determine the largest integer that divides for all primes greater than .
Solution
We first show that . Since is a prime, we have , and so . Thus, , as required.
We next claim that . Since is odd, we have . If , then, clearly, . The remaining possibilities are similarly checked, and the claim follows.
Since , we have . Let be a divisor of for all primes . Thus, and yielding .
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