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A multiple of 42 (Posted on 2022-03-23) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Prove that
n^7-n
is divisible by 42
for any integer n.

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Some Thoughts Observation, not necessarily a proof | Comment 1 of 6
Observation:
All positive integers N, when raised to the 7th power are equivalent to N mod m, where m is any of the following:  {2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42}.  So (N^7 - N) is 0 mod m for that same set.  
Drilling down slightly farther, this set is the union of the set of primes {2,3,7} and the product of any combination of those primes taken 1, 2, or 3 at a time.

But I have not proved why the observation is true ...

  Posted by Larry on 2022-03-23 08:23:12
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