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Source: Chinese TST

April 5, 2008
modular arithmeticnumber theoryrelatively primenumber theory proposed

Problem Statement

Let n>1 n > 1 be an integer, and n n can divide 2^{\phi(n)} \plus{} 3^{\phi(n)} \plus{} \cdots \plus{} n^{\phi(n)}, let p1,p2,,pk p_{1},p_{2},\cdots,p_{k} be all distinct prime divisors of n n. Show that \frac {1}{p_{1}} \plus{} \frac {1}{p_{2}} \plus{} \cdots \plus{} \frac {1}{p_{k}} \plus{} \frac {1}{p_{1}p_{2}\cdots p_{k}} is an integer. ( where ϕ(n) \phi(n) is defined as the number of positive integers n \leq n that are relatively prime to n n.)