Power of 2 and divisibility by 7

There are some numbers of the form ( 2 n 1 ) (2^n -1) divisible by 7 7 .

How many numbers of the form ( 2 n + 1 ) (2^n +1) divisible by 7 7 ?

A finite number of solutions Infinitely many num,ber of solutions 1 0 2

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1 solution

Jordan Cahn
Oct 30, 2018

Consider: 2 0 1 m o d 7 2 1 2 m o d 7 2 2 4 m o d 7 2 3 1 m o d 7 \begin{aligned} 2^0 &\equiv 1 \mod 7 \\ 2^1 &\equiv 2 \mod 7 \\ 2^2 &\equiv 4 \mod 7 \\ 2^3 &\equiv 1 \mod 7 \\ \end{aligned} This pattern continues. Thus 2 n ≢ 1 m o d 7 2^n\not\equiv -1\bmod 7 for all n n , and 2 n + 1 ≢ 0 m o d 7 2^n + 1 \not\equiv 0\bmod 7 . There are 0 \boxed{0} solutions.

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