Let and be two polynomials (not constant) with positive integer or zero coefficients. For we determine the sequence . Prove that there are infinitely many prime numbers for which there is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime, and for which the condition holds.
(Oleksiy Klurman)
Solution
Suppose that it is not so. Consider the sequence of all members, the indices of which do not contain in their decomposition on factors the squares of prime numbers. Then in this subsequence there is only a finite number of prime divisors other than , , (prime factors of the number ). Let , where . Consider the following sequence:
, where is Euler function, i.e. the function that counts the positive integers up to a given integer that are relatively prime to . Euler function can be represented in the form of the so-called Euler product: , where is a prime number.
It is clear that and . As by the construction , hence .
Later we will show that for large and for each , the sequence of values is limited. We can choose an infinite number of primes from the sequence , which follows from Dirichlet's theorem or from using simple arguments about the progression with the first member . Next, let us consider only those for which corresponding is a prime number. Then we have that there are infinitely many values :
for a fixed limited . But then
Then from one of these prime numbers (which is the largest in the previous transition) in equation (1) we have that is divisible by . The right-hand side is also divisible by , hence should be divisible by the same power. However, for sufficiently large values it is not possible, because is a power function, while is exponential.