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A quotient and square problem (Posted on 2006-09-23)

Determine all primes m for which the quotient (2^m-1 - 1)/m is a perfect square.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta

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fermats little theorem

| Comment 3 of 5 |

the expression is directly fermats little theorem ,so the answer is an integer for all cases ... thts for sure.

for m=3 it satisfies.
for m=7 it satisfies.

How do we generalise , that i did not get...

Posted by siddhesh on 2006-09-23 19:50:45

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