Let be a prime number and be integers. Show that if
for all positive integers then .
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Solution
Letting , we have or . Therefore, the congruence is true when either all are divisible by or no is divisible by .
On the other hand, if no is divisible by we have
Hence, satisfy the condition, so, all are congruent modulo .
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