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irreducible? (Posted on 2013-03-29)

Prove that the fraction (21n+4)/(14n+3) is irreducible for every natural number n.

Source: Russian IMO

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re: hmmmm

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(In reply to hmmmm by broll)

Well, if your point is that this problem is easy for a Russian IMO, I must agree.

However, I don't understand your proof.

For instance,

(3n - 2)/(2n) = 3/2 - 1/n, but that doesn't make (3n - 2)/(2n) irreducible. In fact, (3n - 2)/(2n) is reducible for all even n.

Posted by Steve Herman on 2013-03-29 18:33:20

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