Find some four different natural numbers with the following property: if you add to the product of any two of them the product of the two remaining numbers. you get a prime number.
Problem 1115
Official solution
To solve this problem, let's denote the four different natural numbers as , , , and . The condition given is that for any pair of these numbers, say , the expression:
must be a prime number. Similarly, for the other pairs, the following expressions must also be prime numbers:
Now, let's try choosing small, distinct natural numbers and checking these conditions. The reference answer provides the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5. Let's verify:
### Calculations:
1. **Pair :**
2. **Pair :**
3. **Pair :**
4. **Pair :**
5. **Pair :**
6. **Pair :**
Each expression results in a prime number, thus validating our solution. Therefore, a set of four different natural numbers satisfying the given condition is: