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Hyper version of Fermat's Theorem (Posted on 2006-09-01) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Fermat's Theorem states that an+bn=cn has no positive integer solutions for n>2. Since this puzzle has been already cracked, let's take the next level:

Prove that na+nb=nc has no integer solutions for n>1.

The "hyper power" nx is defined recursively by 1x:=x and n+1x:=x(nx), i.e. 2x=xx, 3x=xxx, and so on. Note that "hyper powers" are also called "double powers" and may be written as x^^n.

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SolutionSolution - I thinkvswitchs2006-09-01 13:53:54
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