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Putnam 1988 B1

  • Session B

A composite (positive integer) is a product abab with aa and bb not necessarily distinct integers in {2,3,4,… }\{2,3,4,\dots\}. Show that every composite is expressible as xy+xz+yz+1xy+xz+yz+1, with x,y,zx,y,z positive integers.

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