On the board are written , that is, all the prime numbers of the interval . The operation of simplification is the replacement of two numbers by a maximal prime number not exceeding . First, the student erases the number , then applies the simplification operation to the remaining numbers until one number remains. Find the maximum possible and minimum possible values of the number obtained in the end. How do these values depend on the number ?
SILK-ROAD 2007
Silk Road Mathematical Competition 2007.
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