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Print75th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad
Romania number theory
Problem
Find all integers so that is divisible by each of the numbers , where are all the positive divisors of .
Solution
Answer: all primes and . The primes have the required property, because the divisors of a prime are , and is divisible by .
Take now a positive integer with divisors and fulfilling the required property. If is odd, then all its divisors are odd. From the condition must be divisible by , which is even – a contradiction. Therefore, must be even.
Then , , so must be divisible by , hence . Moreover, . This shows that , and are divisors of .
Since is divisible by , we get . This shows that the only divisors of , smaller than , are , and , hence , and , yielding , which fulfills the condition.
Take now a positive integer with divisors and fulfilling the required property. If is odd, then all its divisors are odd. From the condition must be divisible by , which is even – a contradiction. Therefore, must be even.
Then , , so must be divisible by , hence . Moreover, . This shows that , and are divisors of .
Since is divisible by , we get . This shows that the only divisors of , smaller than , are , and , hence , and , yielding , which fulfills the condition.
Final answer
all prime numbers and 6
Techniques
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