I am trying to show that 30∣(n9−n). I thought about using induction but I'm stuck at the induction step.
Base Case: n=1⟹19−1=0 and 30∣0.
Induction Step: Assuming 30∣k9−k for some k∈N, we have (k+1)9−(k+1)=[9k8+36k7+84k6+126k5+126k4+84k3+36k2+9k]−(k+1).
However I'm not sure where to go from here.
Answer
And here are the congruences requested to complement the answer by Simon S
nn−1n+1n2+1n4+10411110222213043240243022
And one can see that one of these factors is always ≡0(mod5)
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