a. Suppose there exist a,b∈Z+ such that a+b=2003 and 2003∣ab. Since 2003 is a prime, we must have 2003∣a or 2003∣b. WLOG assume 2003∣a. Then we have a+b≥2003+1>2003, which is a contradiction. Therefore, 2003 is not good.
b. No. Suppose there exist a,b∈Z+ such that a+b=2002 and 2002∣ab. Note that 2002=2×7×11×13. For each prime p∣2002, we have p∣ab, and so p∣a or p∣b. In either case, since p∣a+b, we must have p∣a and p∣b. As this holds for p=2,7,11,13, we must have 2002∣a,b. This yields a+b≥2002+2002>2002, which is a contradiction. Therefore, 2002 is not good.
c. All positive integers of the form 4p1p2⋯ps or 8p1p2⋯ps where p1,p2,…,ps are distinct odd primes (possibly s=0) are good but not very good.
In view of the proof of part (b), all squarefree positive integers are not good. For any non-squarefree positive integer n, we can write n=p2m for some prime p and positive integer m. Since we can take a=pm and b=(p−1)pm such that
a+b=p2m=n
and
ab=(p−1)p2m2=(p−1)mn,
we know that n is good by definition. Also, note that a and b are distinct unless p=2. This shows n is very good if n is divisible by the square of an odd prime.
Thus, it remains to consider n=2km for some k≥2 and odd m which is squarefree. If k≥4, we can take a=2k−2m and b=3⋅2k−2m such that
a+b=2km=n
and
ab=3⋅22k−4m2=3⋅2k−4mn.
Since a=b, this shows n is very good.
Lastly, if k=2,3, we show that n is not very good. Indeed, suppose a+b=n and n∣ab. As in part (b), we deduce m∣a and m∣b. Let a=mc and b=md. Then we need c+d=2k and 2k∣cd. It is routine to check that there is no solution except c=d when k=2,3 (note that there are only a few pairs of (c,d) satisfying c+d=2k). Therefore, n is not very good.