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Putnam 2011 B6

  • Session B

Let pp be an odd prime. Show that for at least (p+1)/2(p+1)/2 values of nn in {0,1,2,…,p−1}\{0,1,2,\dots,p-1\}, ∑k=0p−1k!nkis not divisible by p.\sum_{k=0}^{p-1} k! n^k \text{is not divisible by $p$.}

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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