Problem:
Solve the following equation in the set of nonnegative integers
Problem:
Solve the following equation in the set of nonnegative integers
Solution:
For the only solutions are and .
Let . Since is divisible by , we have
hence , from which we obtain for some .
Now modulo we have and , so we obtain . However, gives one of the residues modulo , so the last congruence is impossible.
Solution:
For we have
so since it follows that .
Now consider the equation modulo . Since , we obtain , which is impossible.