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Saudi Arabia 2012 algebra
Problem
Show that for every positive integers there are distinct positive integers with
Solution
For we have .
Assume that . Since , it follows that and obviously . We are done by induction.
Assume that . Since , it follows that and obviously . We are done by induction.
Techniques
IntegersInduction / smoothing