Trolling IMO Problems: 1

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How many integers n n are there such that 1 n < 1000 1\le n<1000 and 7 2 n + 1 7\mid 2^n+1 ?


The answer is 0.

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Jubayer Nirjhor
Jan 29, 2014

2 3 1 ( m o d 7 ) 2 3 n 1 ( m o d 7 ) 2 3 n + 1 2 ( m o d 7 ) 2 3 n + 1 + 1 3 ( m o d 7 ) 2 3 n + 2 + 1 5 ( m o d 7 ) \begin{aligned} &~&2^3&\equiv &1\pmod7 \\ &\Longrightarrow ~~~&2^{3n}~~~&\equiv ~~~&1\pmod7 \\ &\Longrightarrow ~~~&2^{3n}+1~~~&\equiv ~~~&2\pmod7\\ &\Longrightarrow ~~~&2^{3n+1}+1~~~&\equiv ~~~&3\pmod7\\ &\Longrightarrow ~~~&2^{3n+2}+1~~~&\equiv ~~~& 5\pmod7\\ \end{aligned} Answer: 0 \therefore~~~ \text{Answer:}~~~\fbox{0}

Seriously!!!! IMO???

Adeeb Zaman - 7 years, 4 months ago

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Yeah, '64. :p

Jubayer Nirjhor - 7 years, 4 months ago
Gabriel Romon
Jan 29, 2014

2^3=1

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