Find the sum of all possible solutions to the equation
Notation: denotes the Euler's totient function .
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We will prove this by cases
Case 1: n = a b for 1 < a < b < n , g c d ( a , b ) = 1 . Then ϕ ( n ) = ϕ ( a ) ϕ ( b ) = 1 0 0 , so in particular ϕ ( a ) ∣ 1 0 0 . Thus, we must have ϕ ( a ) = 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , or 1 0 . Since 5 and 2 5 are odd and not 1 , we cannot have ϕ ( a ) = 4 , 5 . If ϕ ( a ) = 1 , then we must have a = 2 , and b must be odd (this will be significant later). If ϕ ( a ) = 2 , then ϕ ( b ) = 5 0 , for which there is no solution. Furthermore, ϕ ( a ) = 1 0 implies a = 1 1 , 2 2 , but then b is not coprime to a .
Case 2: Clearly since ϕ ( 2 k ) = 2 k − 1 = 1 0 0 , our second case will be n = p k for odd prime p and k ≥ 1 . If k = 1 , we have n = 1 0 1 . If k = 3 , then we have n = 1 2 5 . All other k do not yield a solution.
Therefore, the values for n are n = 1 0 1 , 1 2 5 , 2 0 2 , 2 5 0