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infinite primes

Unread post by asif e elahi » Fri Feb 21, 2014 12:39 pm

Prove there are infinite primes $p$ and $q$,$p\neq q$ such that $p\mid 2^{q-1}-1$ and $q\mid 2^{p-1}-1$.
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Re: infinite primes

Unread post by Nirjhor » Fri Feb 21, 2014 8:25 pm

By FLT, any odd prime $p\mid 2^{p-1}-1$. So just consider $p=q$ and infinitude of primes completes the rest.
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Re: infinite primes

Unread post by asif e elahi » Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:38 pm

The problem was wrong.Now it is edited.Here $p$ and $q$ are distinct.

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Re: infinite primes

Unread post by photon » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:12 pm

What's wrong ? :| :?:
By Fermat's little theorem and as given , $pq|2^{p-1}-1$ and $pq|2^{q-1}-1$ .
Let $2^{p-1}=pqc+1$ , $2^{p-1}=pqd+1$ . ( $c,d$ are 2 positive odd integers .) WLOG , $p<q$ .
$2^{p-1}+2^{q-1}=2^{p-1}(2^{q-p}+1)$
$\Rightarrow pq(c+d)+2=2^{p-1}(2^{q-p}+1)$ ,
$\Rightarrow pqm+1=2^{p-2}(2^{q-p}+1)$ [$c+d=2m$] ,
$2^{p-2} \parallel pqm+1$ again , $2^{p-1} \parallel pqd+1$ , $\therefore 2^{p-2} \parallel pq(d-m)$
$2^{p-1} \parallel 2pqd-2pqm $ .....(1) , $2^{p-1} \parallel 2pqm+2 $ ......(2)
Therefore , $2^{p-1} \parallel (2pqm+2) +(2pqd-2pqm) =2(pqd+1)$ ,
but $2^{p-1} \parallel pqd+1$ . contradiction . So there are no prime following such property .
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Re: infinite primes

Unread post by asif e elahi » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:41 pm

photon wrote:
$2^{p-2} \parallel pqm+1$ again , $2^{p-1} \parallel pqd+1$ , $\therefore 2^{p-2} \parallel pq(d-m)$
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How you got $2^{p-1}$ fully divides $pqd+1=2^{q-1}$ ?

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