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largest primary divisor number

Source: Dutch NMO 2022 p1

November 17, 2022
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Problem Statement

A positive integer n is called primary divisor if for every positive divisor dd of nn at least one of the numbers dāˆ’1d - 1 and d+1d + 1 is prime. For example, 88 is divisor primary, because its positive divisors 11, 22, 44, and 88 each differ by 11 from a prime number (22, 33, 55, and 77, respectively), while 99 is not divisor primary, because the divisor 99 does not differ by 11 from a prime number (both 88 and 1010 are composite). Determine the largest primary divisor number.