Let and be given positive integers. Show that there does not exist any non-constant polynomial with integer coefficients such that and are relatively prime for every positive integer .
(Battsengel B., Bayarmagnai G.)
Solution
Suppose that such an exists.
Since and are relatively prime, so are and . Since is non-constant polynomial, there exist a prime and a positive integer such that . It is clear that is relatively prime to . We choose a positive integer such that
and set . Then . On the other hand, by the Fermat's little theorem, we have
which gives a contradiction.
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