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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wri!news
  3. From: roach@bikini.wri.com (Kelly Roach)
  4. Subject: Re: u(v^n)w prime puzzle - HINTS
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.233027.7862@wri.com>
  6. Sender: news@wri.com
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: bikini.wri.com
  8. Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
  9. References: <a_rubin.714331997@dn66>
  10. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 23:30:27 GMT
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  13. In article <a_rubin.714331997@dn66>  writes:
  14. > uvw can't divide 10^a-1; it's larger!
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  17.      OK, I agree.  How is this useful?  Shailendra K Bhonsle
  18. assumed p=uw all the way back in step 1.  Repairing step 1
  19. to use a different p seems far from obvious.
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