Problem:
Find all triples of prime numbers such that all of the following numbers are integers
Solution
Solution:
We consider the following cases:
1st Case: If , then . If is odd, then is odd and therefore must be odd. From here, and which is not an integer. Thus and which gives . But then which is not an integer. Therefore is an odd prime.
2nd Case: If , then . Since is odd, then is odd and therefore must be odd. From here , but then which is not integer. Therefore is an odd prime.
Since and are odd primes, then is even. From the number we get that . Since , then or . Since
is an integer, then and . It is easy to check that this triple works. So the only answer is .
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