Find all integers such that the sum of and its second-largest divisor is 2013.
Solution
The second-largest divisor of is of the form where is the smallest prime that divides .
The given condition gives . Therefore, is a divisor of and thus odd. So, is , the only even prime.
The equation now becomes which gives the unique solution .
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