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Division (Posted on 2004-12-11) Difficulty: 3 of 5
For which positive integer values of N is 2^N-1 a multiple of N?

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Solution Solution | Comment 16 of 17 |
2^N-1=kN; where k is an integer
2^N=kN+1 => 2^N is relatively prime to N => 2 is relatively prime to N.
By Fermat's Little Theorem 2^N=2 modN (for N>1).
From this we can say that 2^N-1 can't be multiple of N for N>1
So, only possible solution is N=1.

  Posted by Praneeth on 2007-08-20 03:48:22
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