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What is the positive integer n n such that n 2 + 1 n^2+ 1 is divisible by n + 1 n+ 1 ?


The answer is 1.

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Sharky Kesa
Jan 21, 2017

n + 1 n 2 + 1 n + 1 n 2 + 1 ( n + 1 ) ( n 1 ) n + 1 n 2 + 1 n 2 + 1 n + 1 2 n = 1 \begin{aligned} n+1 &\mid n^2 + 1\\ \implies n+1 &\mid n^2+1 - (n+1)(n-1)\\ \implies n+1 &\mid n^2+1 - n^2 + 1\\ \implies n+1 &\mid 2\\ \implies n&= 1\\ \end{aligned}

@Sharky Kesa, what is the meaning of | ?

Pianate Nate - 4 years, 4 months ago

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a b a \mid b means a a divides b b .

Sharky Kesa - 4 years, 4 months ago
Saikat Sengupta
Jan 15, 2017

There is only one such positive integer: n = 1. In fact, n^2+l = n(n+l)-(n-l); thus, if n+1 l n^2+1, then n+1 l n-1 which for positive integer n is possible only if n-l = 0, hence if n = 1.

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