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Print62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad
Ukraine number theory
Problem
Set contains positive integers. It is known that for any two distinct numbers the number is divisible by . Find the largest possible value of .
Solution
Answer: .
Suppose that there are at least three numbers in the set , denote them by . By the condition , and therefore the numbers are mutually prime. Since and We obtained a contradiction that proves that , and for it is enough to consider, for example, the set .
Suppose that there are at least three numbers in the set , denote them by . By the condition , and therefore the numbers are mutually prime. Since and We obtained a contradiction that proves that , and for it is enough to consider, for example, the set .
Final answer
2
Techniques
Divisibility / FactorizationGreatest common divisors (gcd)