Circles and Numbers
Source: Greek IMO TST 2010 Problem 2
September 5, 2014
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Problem Statement
In a blackboard there are circles in a row such that one of the numbers is assigned to each circle from the left to the right.
Change of situation of a circle is to write in it or erase the number which is assigned to it.At the beginning no number is written in its own circle.
For every positive divisor of , we change the situation of the circles in which their assigned numbers are divisible by ,performing for each divisor changes of situation.
Determine the value of for which the following holds;when this procedure is applied once for all positive divisors of ,then all numbers are written in the circles they were assigned in.