Saturday, 23 February 2019

elementary number theory - Prove that $n^2 + n +1$ is not divisible by $5$ for any $n$


Prove that $n^2 + n +1$ is not divisible by $5$ for any $n$.




I believe this might be tried using division algorithm, or modular arithmetic. I don't see exactly how to start this... Please help.

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