Square Cube 5th Power

Let N N be the smallest positive integer such that

  • N 2 \frac{N}{2} is a perfect square;

  • N 3 \frac{N}{3} is a perfect cube;

  • N 5 \frac{N}{5} is a perfect 5 th 5^\text{th} power, that is, there is another integer a a such that a 5 = N 5 a^5=\frac{N}{5} .

Find the number of positive divisors (including 1 and itself) of N N .


The answer is 1232.

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1 solution

Oliver Papillo
Jan 1, 2017

First, we must work out what N N is.

For N N to be as small as possible, its only prime factors have to be 2 2 , 3 3 , and 5 5 .

Let N = 2 a 3 b 5 c N = 2^a3^b5^c , where a a , b b , and c c are non-negative integers.

We want to make a a , b b , and c c individually as small as possible.

For all conditions to be met:

l c m ( 3 , 5 ) a lcm(3, 5)|a , and a 1 ( m o d 2 ) a ≡ 1 (mod 2) .

l c m ( 2 , 5 ) b lcm(2, 5)|b , and b 1 ( m o d 3 ) b ≡ 1 (mod 3) .

l c m ( 2 , 3 ) c lcm(2, 3)|c , and c 1 ( m o d 5 ) c ≡ 1 (mod 5) .

l c m ( 3 , 5 ) = 15 lcm(3,5) = 15 , l c m ( 2 , 5 ) = 10 lcm(2,5) = 10 , and l c m ( 2 , 3 ) = 6 lcm(2,3) = 6 .

The smallest non-negative integers fulfilling these requirements are

a = 15 a = 15 .

b = 10 b = 10 .

c = 6 c = 6 .

Therefore N = 2 15 3 10 5 6 N = 2^{15} 3^{10} 5^6 , and N N has ( 15 + 1 ) ( 10 + 1 ) ( 6 + 1 ) = 16 11 7 = 1232 (15+1)(10+1)(6+1) = 16*11*7 = 1232 positive divisors (including 1 1 and itself).

As I foreseen. Thanks!

Muhammad Rasel Parvej - 4 years, 5 months ago

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