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Putnam 1983 A3

  • Session A

Let pp be an odd prime and let F(n)=1+2n+3n2+…+(p−1)np−2.F(n)=1+2n+3n^2+\ldots+(p-1)n^{p-2}. Prove that if aa and bb are distinct integers in {0,1,2,…,p−1}\{0,1,2,\ldots,p-1\} then F(a)F(a) and F(b)F(b) are not congruent modulo pp .

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