MEMO 2010 ekipno problem 3
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In each vertex of a regular
-gon, there is a fortress. At the same moment, each fortress shoots one of the two nearest fortresses and hits it. The result of the shooting is the set of the hit fortresses; we do not distinguish whether a fortress was hit once or twice. Let
be the number of possible results of the shooting. Prove that for every positive integer
,
and
are relatively prime.





Izvor: Srednjoeuropska matematička olimpijada 2010, ekipno natjecanje, problem 3