Prime

Let p n p_n be the n n th prime number. Which of the statements is/are true?

\quad A: There are infinite number of n n such that p n 1 m o d 4 p_n\equiv1 \ \mod4 .

\quad B: There are infinite number of n n such that p n 3 m o d 4 p_n\equiv3 \ \mod4 .

Only A Neither A nor B Both of A and B Only B

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1 solution

Áron Bán-Szabó
Jul 12, 2017

There are infinite number of prime numbers, such that it can be expressed in a 4 k 1 4k-1 for, where k is an integer.

First note that every n n integer n 3 m o d 4 n\equiv3 \ \mod4 has a m m divisor, where m 3 m o d 4 m\equiv3 \ \mod4 . (Since all of n n 's divisors is odd, and then if each divisor of n n makes 1 1 remainder when it is divided by 4 4 , then n n would make 1 1 1 1 1*1*1*\dots*1 remainder when it is divided by 4 4 .) So suppose there are finite prime numbers which make 3 3 remainder ( m o d 4 \mod4 ): p 1 , p 2 , , p r p_1, p_2, \dots, p_r . Let N = 4 p 1 p 2 p 3 p r 1 N=4p_1p_2p_3\dots p_r-1 Then N N has an x x divisor, which can be expressed in a 4 l 1 4l-1 formula ( l l is an integer), but then x 1 x|1 , which is a contradiction.

There are infinite number of prime numbers, such that it can be expressed in a 4 k + 1 4k+1 for, where k is an integer.

By using congruence it is easy to prove that for every n n integer n 2 + 1 n^2+1 has an x x divisor which makes 1 1 remainder when it is divided by 4 4 . So suppose there are finite prime numbers which make 1 1 remainder ( m o d 4 \mod4 ): p 1 , p 2 , , p s p_1, p_2, \dots, p_s . Let N = 4 ( p 1 p 2 p 3 p s ) 2 + 1 N=4(p_1p_2p_3\dots p_s)^2+1 Then N N has an x x divisor, which can be expressed in a 4 q + 1 4q+1 formula ( q q is an integer), but then there exist a p p prime, where p 1 m o d 4 p\equiv1 \ \mod4 and p p is not part of the p 1 , p 2 , , p s p_1,p_2, \dots, p_s sequence, which is a contradiction.

In the first part of the solution, I think it should be -1 instead of plus 1, in the expression for N=4p1p2p3...-1

Prayas Rautray - 3 years, 10 months ago

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