Let f ( x ) = 7 x 1 9 + 1 9 x 7 + 1 3 a x be a polynomial. Find the sum of the smallest 2 possible values of the positive integer a , such that 1 3 3 divides f ( x ) for every integer x .
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a p ≡ a ( m o d p )
and that cool manipulation made it easy to solve ! Nice one !
Excellent solution and great problem Satvik...I just cant imagine how you are able to think of such great problems..
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Thanks @Sanjana Nedunchezian , but my problems are nothing as compared to @Krishna Ar 's problems. You may as well like to ask him how he is such a genius.. :D
The trick lies in noticing 7*19=133 and then factoring... :(
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f ( x ) = 7 x 1 9 + 1 9 x 7 + 1 3 a x , which can be written as:-
f ( x ) = 7 ( x 1 9 − x ) + 1 9 ( x 7 − x ) + 1 3 a x + 2 6 x
Now, Fermat once said that x n − x is divisible by n where n is a prime (both 7 and 1 9 indeed are), so 7 ( x 1 9 − x ) + 1 9 ( x 7 − x ) is already divisible by 133.
We need to find two smallest a for which 1 3 a x + 2 6 x is divisible by 1 3 3 for every integer x . Assuming the worst case, where 1 3 3 doesn't divide 1 3 x , it must divide a + 2 . So the 2 smallest values of a for which this is true are 1 3 1 and 2 6 4 , summing up to 3 9 5 .