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- Subject: Re: u(v^n)w prime puzzle - HINTS
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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 20 Aug 92 17:33:17 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.043232.5087@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Aug20.161823.20996@wri.com>
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- In <1992Aug20.161823.20996@wri.com> roach@bikini.wri.com (Kelly Roach) writes:
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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.
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- uvw can't divide 10^a-1; it's larger!
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