solved by Matthieu Vogel
Let u:N→N∗ be a sequence of non-zero natural numbers. We say that an index i of this sequence is nice if u1+⋯+ui and u1+⋯+ui+1 are coprime.
Since divisibility is transitive, it is necessary and sufficient to find P:i→N∗ such that Sk(Pi)∣Sk(Pi+1) for all i,k. We show that there exists a permutation of N∗ that is nice and that for any nice permutation Pi, we can construct a nice permutation Pi+1 such that Sk(Pi)∣Sk(Pi+1) for all i,k.
First, let's find a permutation a1,a2,… of N∗ that is nice. We define it by induction. a1=1. If i is even, we take ai+1=p a prime =a1,…,ai large enough so that gcd(a1+⋯+ai,ai+⋯+ai+ai+1)=gcd(a1+⋯+ai,p)=1, hence i is a nice index. If i⩾i is odd, we take ai+1=min(N∗\{a1,…,ai}), hence the sequence is a permutation of N∗.
Secondly, let a1,a2,… be a nice sequence. Construct a sequence b1,b2,… that is nice such that a1+⋯+ai∣b1+⋯+bi for all i. We construct the sequence b by induction. We take b1=a1. Then, to construct bi, if i is not nice in the sequence a, we take bi such that b1+⋯+bi≡0(moda1+⋯+ai) and bi=b1,…,bi−1. If i is a nice index in a, we will construct both bi and bi+1. Let A=a1+⋯+ai and A′=a1+⋯+ai+1, A and A′ are coprime because i is a nice index. We will show that if x=b1,b2,…ai−1, we can find bi,bi+1 such that all divisibility conditions are satisfied and bi+1=x. It will then suffice to take x=min(N∗\{b1,…,bi−1) an infinite number of times so that the sequence b is a permutation of N∗ and x a large enough prime so that i is a nice index in the sequence b an infinite number of times so that the sequence b is nice. If we fix bi+1=x, it is sufficient to find bi such that b1+⋯+bi≡0(modA) and b1+⋯+bi+x≡0(modA′). It exists by the Chinese Remainder Theorem and we take it large enough so that it is different from a1,…,ai−1,x.
## VIII. Memorable Quotes
- Tristan: "I'm studying math, I haven't seen numbers in years."
- Rémi: "No, you can't be in two places at the same time. Physicists can, but not you."
Tristan: "That's rather positive, it means you're not a physicist."
- Aurélien: "If you choose fascist friends, it will show."
— Pierre-Marie: "I don't say stupid things, ask Aurélien."
- Zinedine: "Especially Paul, he's a human."
— Théo, talking about graphs: "This tree is ugly, we want to cut it down."
- Théo: "So there's something Tristan realizes. Normally he's already realized it. But well! It's Tristan."
- Pierre-Marie: "We have a pretty little equation that's wandering in the forest."
- Pierre-Marie: "Anyone who uses Zsigmondy should jump out the window." Later in the proof, "Well, we're going to have to use Zsigmondy."
- Rémi: "The people who got 7/7 can be counted on the fingers of a one-armed man."
- Anatole, 13 years old, to first-year students: "Good night, little ones!"
- Gaspard: "Tic tac toc without pif paf pof is much better than tic tac."
— "I have to write a letter to someone."
Martin: "Is her name Élise, just in case?"
- Rémi: "I'm a pretty primitive person."
- "When will we get the T-shirts?" Rémi: "Yes."
The T-shirts only arrived on the last day.
- Georges: "The anims are all young and dynamic, even François Lo Jacomo is young and dynamic!"
— Martin: "There's fa, there's do. What else is there as a note already?"
- Alexander: "Everything is valued." Pierre-Marie: "Nothing is serious."
— Victor: "A 4x3 square."
- Victor: "There are bald people with zero hair."
- Théo: "So yes, I write very badly... If you can't decipher me, it's your fault."
- At the departure of the anims:
"Goodbye!"
"I don't think they can hear us."
"I can shout!"
"Even if you shout, I don't count on you to bring them back."
- Emile: "For the class, I take a break at 4:30 PM." The classes end at 4:30 PM.
- Eva: "It would be great to have a compass in the eye."
- Théo: "You're confusing Euclidean division with Euclidean division."
- Emma: "I've never completed anything in my life."
- Matthieu Vogel: "Do you often go to Bodo's camp?"
Amélie: "Yes, every time."
Matthieu V.: "That's why I'm bad at math."
- Théo, during the anims meeting: "This morning, I gave a sleeping class to the group."
- Stéphane: "Stanislas is modern, but in the old style."
- Emma: "I see the world in color, and it hurts my head."
- Théo: "But yes, it's possible with the kiwi card."
— Raphaël: "There's a shooting going on downstairs."
Everyone looks towards the window.
Raphaël, disappointed: "Okay... you can go look for two minutes." Everyone rushes to the window.
[^0]: 1. We will abuse the terminology and refer to the remainder of the division by 7 as the value modulo 7.