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Find the number of positive integers n n such that 2 n + 1 2^{n}+1 is divisible by 7.

3 2 0 4 1

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Chew-Seong Cheong
May 18, 2017

Since 2 3 8 1 ( m o d 7 ) 2 n m o d 7 = { 1 if n m o d 3 = 0 2 if n m o d 3 = 1 4 if n m o d 3 = 2 2^3 \equiv 8 \equiv 1 \pmod 7 \implies 2^n \bmod 7 = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 0 \\ 2 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 1 \\ 4 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 2 \end{cases}

( 2 n + 1 ) m o d 7 = { 2 if n m o d 3 = 0 3 if n m o d 3 = 1 5 if n m o d 3 = 2 \implies \left(2^n + 1\right) \bmod 7 = \begin{cases} 2 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 0 \\ 3 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 1 \\ 5 & \text{if }n \mod 3 = 2 \end{cases}

Therefore, there is 0 \boxed{0} n n such that 7 2 n + 1 7 \mid 2^n + 1 .

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