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turkey 1993 q6

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October 27, 2006
number theory unsolvednumber theory

Problem Statement

n1,,nk,an_{1},\ldots ,n_{k}, a are integers that satisfies the above conditions A)For every iji\neq j, (ni,nj)=1(n_{i}, n_{j})=1 B)For every i,ani1(modni)i, a^{n_{i}}\equiv 1 (mod n_{i}) C)For every i,Xa10(modni)i, X^{a-1}\equiv 0(mod n_{i}). Prove that ax1(modx)a^{x}\equiv 1(mod x) congruence has at least 2k+122^{k+1}-2 solutions. (x>1x>1)