13. Let be an odd number greater than 1. Prove: for any , we have
Solution
13. If is a prime, then when , it is obvious that ; if , then by Fermat's Little Theorem, we know ; if , then it requires , which contradicts being an odd number greater than 1.
If is a composite number, and there exists , such that . We set , then
where . For any prime factor of , by (1) we know , and by Fermat's Little Theorem, we know , so the power of 2 in the prime factorization of is , and . Since is any prime factor of , this requires , which contradicts the definition of .
Therefore, the proposition holds.
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