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SAUDI ARABIAN MATHEMATICAL COMPETITIONS

Saudi Arabia counting and probability

Problem

It is given a graph whose vertices are positive integers and an edge between numbers and exists if and only if Is this graph connected?
Solution
If , define if and only if are connected by some edge. We have for all , Thus for all , then also true for . Moreover, Thus divides , which implies that . Hence, this means that every two consecutive integers are connected. Thus the given infinity graph is connected.
Final answer
Yes, the graph is connected.

Techniques

Graph TheoryFactorization techniques