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- From: roach@bikini.wri.com (Kelly Roach)
- Subject: Re: u(v^n)w prime puzzle - HINTS
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.161823.20996@wri.com>
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- References: <1992Aug20.043232.5087@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:18:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.043232.5087@nuscc.nus.sg> bhonsle@bhonsle.iss.nus.sg
- (Shailendra K Bhonsle) writes:
- > |> (2) Let a=|v|=length of v, b=|w|=length of w.
- > ...
- > As I mentioned in my last article let us take prime p="uw".
- > ...
- > Now we show that p cannot divide 10^a -1 to complete the proof.
- > case 2: b <= a
- > SIMPLE, Can you do it ?
- > ...
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- Consider:
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- u="1",v="36",w="1"
- 11, 1361, 136361, 13636361, 1363636361, 136363636361
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- Here, a=2, p=11, 10^a-1=99, and p | 10^a-1. So, yes, it
- is possible for p to divide 10^a-1. Some more work on this
- proof needs to be done before it is complete I think.
-
- Kelly
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