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number theory senior

Problem

Suppose that is prime and . How many possible values of are there?
Solution
We must have that , meaning that . But the only prime solutions of this can be factors of , i.e. and . But is not a digit in base or , so there are possible !

Remark: and are, in fact, roots of this polynomial.
Final answer
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