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67th NMO Selection Tests for BMO and IMO

Romania number theory

Problem

Given positive integers and , show that and are coprime for infinitely many integers .
Solution
Let , where is an arbitrary nonnegative integer, let be any prime factor of , and let be the highest power of that divides — that is, divides but does not. Notice that , to deduce that , so is also the highest power of that divides the product . Consequently, does not divide , so and are indeed coprime.

Techniques

Greatest common divisors (gcd)Factorization techniquesAlgebraic properties of binomial coefficients