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1964 IMO Problems/Problem 1

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Problem

(a) Find all positive integers $n$ for which $2^n-1$ is divisible by $7$ .

(b) Prove that there is no positive integer $n$ for which $2^n+1$ is divisible by $7$ .

Solution

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