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chicken mcnugget theorem

Source: IMOC 2017 N7

August 15, 2021
number theory

Problem Statement

For fixed coprime positive integers a,ba,b, define nn to be bad if it is not of the form ax+by,x,yNax+by,\enspace x,y\in\mathbb N^* Prove that there are finitely many bad positive integers. Also, find the sum of squares of them.