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### n^2|2^n+1

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:57 pm
Some months ago I created a problem:
Find all $n\in\mathbb N$ such that $n|2^n+1$
Later I found that an IMO problem required to find all $n\in\mathbb N$ such that $n^2|2^n+1$
Now do both!

### Re: n^2|2^n+1

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:39 am
first 1 holds iff n is a prime other than 2 (fermat's pichhi thm).

### Re: n^2|2^n+1

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:26 pm
Tahmid Hasan wrote:first 1 holds iff n is a prime other than 2 (fermat's pichhi thm).
I didn't understand what you meant?$n=p>2$? Or else.

### Re: n^2|2^n+1

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:39 pm
i said n has to be an odd prime

### Re: n^2|2^n+1

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:18 pm
You meant $31|2^{31}+1=2147483649$ for example?
If so,you are wrong,and the original answer is not like that at all,you are true only for $n=3$.Else you are wrong.
why don't you check some easy counter examples?
For example $5\not|2^5+1=33$
According to your assumption,$2^p\equiv -1\pmod p,2^{2p}\equiv 1\pmod p$ and by Fermat's Little Theorem,$2^{p-1}\equiv1\pmod p$
These two imply $2^{gcd(2p,p-1)}\equiv 1\Longrightarrow 2^2\equiv 1\Longrightarrow p=3$
So this is of-course wrong.
Great Hint:
Look at the smallest prime factor of $n$,say it is $p$.Then let $n=p^{v_p(n)}q$ with $p\not|q$.Again if $q>1$,what follows from the same approach?