Number Theory Problem

Can someone please help me with the following question

It first appeared in RMO 2012

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Note by Kishlaya Jaiswal
7 years, 6 months ago

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Well, first of all we note that a divides c25c^{25}: if b divides c5c^5, then b5b^5 divides c25c^{25}. Because a divides b5b^5, it divides also c25c^{25}. This can be applied cyclically: b divides a25a^{25} and c divides b25b^{25}.

In the factorization of (a+b+c+)31 (a+b+c+)^{31} there will be three members a31;b31;c31a^{31};b^{31};c^{31}, members like nakb31kn\cdot a^k \cdot b^{31-k} (and cyclical, i.e. others with ac or bc instead of ab) and members like abcsomethingabc \cdot something. Clearly, abcabc divides all the members of the third type. We can express a31a^{31} as a25a5aa^{25}\cdot a^5 \cdot a, for the observation written above, it's dividible by abcabc.

Remains the second case:let's assume WLOG that's with the letters a and b.

We have three cases: k<5,k=5 and k>5.

In the first one, 31k2631-k\geq 26, so we can express akb31ka^k\cdot b^{31-k} as akcdotb25bha^k cdot b^{25}\cdot b^h where h is a positive integer. a divides aka^k, b divides bhb^h and c divides b25b^25 so abc divides akb31ka^k\cdot b^{31-k} .

In the second case,akb31ka^k\cdot b^{31-k} is a5b21b5a^5\cdot b^{21}\cdot b^5. c divides a5a^5, b divides b21b^{21} and a divides b5b^5.

In the third case, we can express akb31ka^k\cdot b^{31-k} as a5cdotajb31ka^5 cdot a^j \cdot b^{31-k} where j is a positive integer. c divides a5a^5, b divides b31kb^{31-k} and a divides aja^j. Q.E.D.

Marco Rossi - 7 years, 6 months ago

A better solution would be choose any prime pp dividing a,b,ca,b,c and consider the maximum powers of pp in a,b,ca,b,c respectively α,β,γ\alpha,\beta,\gamma and WLOG let αβγ\alpha\ge \beta \ge \gamma .Now the max power of pp dividing (a+b+c)31(a+b+c)^{31} is p31γp^{31\gamma} .It suffices to show that α+β+γ31γ\alpha+\beta+\gamma\le 31\gamma but α5β25γ\alpha\le 5\beta\le 25\gamma from the given condition.So summing them we get the desired inequality.This helps an easy generalization: let a,b,ca,b,c be natural numbers such that abn,bcn,cana\mid b^n,b\mid c^n,c\mid a^n then abc(a+b+c)n2+n+1abc\mid (a+b+c)^{n^2+n+1}

Riju Roy - 7 years, 6 months ago
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