2003 IMO Problems/Problem 6

Problem

Let $p$ be a prime number. Prove that there exists a prime number $q$ such that for every integer $n$ , the number $n^p-p$ is not divisible by $q$ .

Solution

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Let N be $1 + p + p^2 + ... + p^{p-1}$ which equals $\frac{p^p-1}{p-1}$ $N\equiv{p+1}\pmod{p^2}$ Which means there exists q which is a prime factor of n that doesn't satisfy $q\equiv{1}\pmod{p^2}$ . \\unfinished

Solution 2

For $p$ prime and $gcd(n, p) = 1$ , $n^{p}\equiv{n}\pmod{p}$ .

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