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- From: roach@bikini.wri.com (Kelly Roach)
- Subject: Re: u(v^n)w prime puzzle
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.173515.19841@wri.com>
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- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
- References: <1992Aug19.024106.25588@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 17:35:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.024106.25588@nuscc.nus.sg>
- bhonsle@bhonsle.iss.nus.sg (Shailendra K Bhonsle) writes:
- > The approach is to take a integer x (let's say prime integer) and prove
- that by repeating
- > v one gets a string u(v^m)w (for positive integer m) which is divisible
- by x.
- >
- > Let's take x=9 (because it has nice properties for base 10 numbers).
-
-
- OK, but x=9 is not prime.
-
-
- > then for a number "uv"(ie. 10u+v)
- > uv=u+v (mod 9)
- >
- >
- > In our problem definition:
- >
- > let u+w=m(mod 9)
- >
- > Now it is possible to find a n for given v such that
- >
- > v^n==n.v== 9-m (mod 9) ==> simple number theory
-
-
-
- I see some of the techniques I'm expecting to see in a
- correct proof. But my puzzle is not solved so easily. What
- would happen to your proof if v is divisible by 3 and m is not
- divisible by 3? Solving n.v== 9-m (mod 9) for n will be
- impossible. As a particular case, consider
-
- u="56",v="0",w="39"
- 5639, 56039, 560039, 5600039, 56000039, 560000039
-
- Any example with v="0" cannot be handled by your proof.
-
- Kelly
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