Školjka

%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 For every integer $k \geq 2,$ prove that $2^{3k}$ divides the number $$\binom{2^{k + 1}}{2^{k}} - \binom{2^{k}}{2^{k - 1}}$$ but $2^{3k + 1}$ does not. Author: unknown author, Poland

%V0 Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $\ldots$, $a_n$ be distinct positive integers, $n\ge 3$. Prove that there exist distinct indices $i$ and $j$ such that $a_i + a_j$ does not divide any of the numbers $3a_1$, $3a_2$, $\ldots$, $3a_n$. Proposed by Mohsen Jamaali, Iran

%V0 A positive integer $N$ is called balanced, if $N=1$ or if $N$ can be written as a product of an even number of not necessarily distinct primes. Given positive integers $a$ and $b$, consider the polynomial $P$ defined by $P\!\left(x\right) = \left(x+a\right)\left(x+b\right)$. a) Prove that there exist distinct positive integers $a$ and $b$ such that all the number $P\!\left(1\right)$, $P\!\left(2\right)$, ..., $P\!\left(50\right)$ are balanced. b) Prove that if $P\!\left(n\right)$ is balanced for all positive integers $n$, then $a=b$. Proposed by Jorge Tipe, Peru

%V0 Find all positive integers $n$ which satisfy the following tow conditions: (a) $n$ has at least four different positive divisors; (b) for any divisors $a$ and $b$ of $n$ satisfying $1<a<b<n$, the number $b-a$ divides $n$.