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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad, Third Round, First Tour

Ukraine number theory

Problem

Let's call a positive integer square-free, if it's not divisible by for any prime . You are given a squarefree integer , which has precisely positive divisors. What largest number of divisors of this number can you choose, so that for any two of them, let's denote them by and , the number isn't a square of an integer? (Oleksii Masalitin)
Solution
Answer:

As is squarefree, it can't be a square of an integer. Then all divisors of can be split into pairs , , ..., in such a way, that the product of numbers in each pair is . If we choose from the same pair, then , contradiction. So, we chose at most one number from each pair, so we selected at most in total.

Let's show that we can always choose integers. Consider any prime divisor of and choose all divisors of , which are divisible by . It's easy to see that there are of them. Let's show that they satisfy the condition from the statement. Let be any divisors from the chosen group, and . Note that aren't divisible by . Then and the number in brackets isn't divisible by , as isn't divisible by . So, is divisible by , but not by , and, therefore, can't be a square of an integer.
Final answer
d/2

Techniques

τ (number of divisors)Factorization techniquesColoring schemes, extremal arguments