Friday, 18 September 2015

Prove that if n21 is divisible by a prime number p such that n1 is not divisible by p, then n+1 is also divisible by p.

If this proposition is false, please give at least 3 counter-examples, and try to modify the proposition so that it becomes true.



If the proposition is true, please try to prove this even more general proposition:



If Bn1 is divisible by a prime number p such that Bm1 is not divisible by p for all m<n, then Bn1+1 is also divisible by p.



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Note: This question is actually related to numeral bases.




If B+1 is divisible by a prime p then the reciprocal of p in base B has a repeating mantissa of 2 digits.



If B21 is divisible by a prime p (and B1 is not) then the reciprocal of p in base B has a repeating mantissa of 2 digits.



I'm trying to show that these two propositions are kind of equivalent.



More generally: If Bn1 is divisible by a prime p (and Bm1 is not, for all m<n) then the reciprocal of p in base B has a repeating mantissa of n digits.



And we have: n=p1k for a positive integer k.




(I've found these things myself so maybe I've made some mistakes.)



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Edit: Then what about this generalization?



If B2n1 is divisible by a prime number p such that Bm1 is not divisible by p for all m<2n, then Bn+1 is also divisible by p.

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