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%V0 A natural number $n$ is said to have the property $P,$ if, for all $a, n^2$ divides $a^n - 1$ whenever $n$ divides $a^n - 1.$ a.) Show that every prime number $n$ has property $P.$ b.) Show that there are infinitely many composite numbers $n$ that possess property $P.$

%V0 Let $a,b,n$ be positive integers, $b > 1$ and $b^n-1|a.$ Show that the representation of the number $a$ in the base $b$ contains at least $n$ digits different from zero.

%V0 We define a sequence $\left(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3},...\right)$ by setting $$a_{n} = \frac {1}{n}\left(\left[\frac {n}{1}\right] + \left[\frac {n}{2}\right] + \cdots + \left[\frac {n}{n}\right]\right)$$ for every positive integer $n$. Hereby, for every real $x$, we denote by $\left[x\right]$ the integral part of $x$ (this is the greatest integer which is $\leq x$). a) Prove that there is an infinite number of positive integers $n$ such that $a_{n + 1} > a_{n}$. b) Prove that there is an infinite number of positive integers $n$ such that $a_{n + 1} < a_{n}$.

%V0 Find all pairs of natural numbers $(a, b)$ such that $7^a - 3^b$ divides $a^4 + b^2$. Author: Stephan Wagner, Austria

%V0 Let $b,n > 1$ be integers. Suppose that for each $k > 1$ there exists an integer $a_k$ such that $b - a^n_k$ is divisible by $k.$ Prove that $b = A^n$ for some integer $A.$ Author: unknown author, Canada

%V0 Determine all pairs $(x,y)$ of positive integers satisfying the equation $$x!+y!=x^{y}\text{.}$$