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2019 Switzerland MO P2

Source: 2019 Switzerland MO

March 10, 2019
number theory

Problem Statement

Let P\mathbb{P} be the set of all primes and let MM be a subset of P\mathbb{P} with at least three elements. Suppose that for all k1k \geq 1 and for all subsets A={p1,p2,,pk}A=\{p_1,p_2,\dots ,p_k \} of MM ,AMA\neq M , all prime factors of p1p2pk1p_1p_2\dots p_k-1 are in MM . Prove that M=PM=\mathbb{P}.