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IMO 1977 Problem 3

  • Day 1

Let nn be a given number greater than 2. We consider the set VnV_n of all the integers of the form 1+kn1 + kn with k=1,2,…k = 1, 2, \ldots A number mm from VnV_n is called indecomposable in VnV_n if there are not two numbers pp and qq from VnV_n so that m=pq.m = pq. Prove that there exist a number r∈Vnr \in V_n that can be expressed as the product of elements indecomposable in VnV_n in more than one way. (Expressions which differ only in order of the elements of VnV_n will be considered the same.)

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Official text: IMO 1977 official English paper, page 1.

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