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Prime n^8 + n^6 + n^4 + 4

Source: Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad 2016 P4

June 4, 2016

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Problem Statement

Determine all integers

n\ge1

for which the number

n^8+n^6+n^4+4

is prime.
(Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)