Number theory problems
287 problems · Divisibility, primes, congruences and irrationality proofs.
Ex.11Product of irrational and nonzero rational
Irrationality
High school
Ex.12Sum of irrational and rational
Irrationality
High school
Ex.23Irrationality of √2 + √3
Irrationality
L1
Ex.36Irrationality of ∛2
Irrationality
High school
Ex.37Between any two rationals lies an irrational
Irrationality
High school
Ex.38Irrationality of √p for prime p
Irrationality
High school
Ex.39Irrationality of √2
Irrationality
High school
Ex.40Irrationality of √3
Irrationality
High school
Ex.41Linear independence of logs
Irrationality
L1
Ex.57Irrationality of ⁿ√2
Irrationality
High school
Ex.58Irrationality of log₁₀ 2
Irrationality
High school
Ex.59Irrationality of log₂ 3
Irrationality
High school
Ex.60A square root in disguise
Irrationality
High school
Ex.61Ratios involving irrationals
Irrationality
High school
Ex.71Decimal expansions and rationality
Irrationality
High school
Ex.72Irrationality of a cubic root expression
Irrationality
High school
Ex.73Irrationality of √2 + √3
Irrationality
High school
Ex.74A sum of radicals
Irrationality
L1
Ex.84Rational root theorem and irrationality
Irrationality
L1
Ex.89Sum of irrationals in disguise
Irrationality
L1
Ex.90Irrationality of π
Irrationality
L1
Ex.91Continued fractions and irrationality
Irrationality
L1
Ex.92Irrationality of √n for non-square n
Irrationality
High school
Ex.95x³ + 2y³ + 4z³ = 0
Irrationality
L1
Ex.98Liouville numbers
Irrationality
High school
Ex.99A general irrationality criterion
Irrationality
L1
Ex.115Gelfond–Schneider theorem (statement)
Irrationality
M1
Ex.122Fractional parts of multiples of √2
Irrationality
Olympiad
Ex.204Basic divisibility and linear combinations
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.205Consecutive integers are coprime
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.206Finding divisors systematically
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.223Arithmetic modulo $n$
Congruences
High school
Ex.224Congruence as an equivalence relation
Congruences
High school
Ex.232Divisibility rules
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.233GCD of a GCD
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.234The HCF of consecutive integers
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.247Sum of irrationals can be rational
Irrationality
High school
Ex.262GCD of successive integers
Primes
High school
Ex.263Distinct primes are coprime
Primes
High school
Ex.264Definition and first examples of primes
Primes
High school
Ex.265GCD with a prime
Primes
High school
Ex.317A large power modulo 7
Congruences
High school
Ex.325The Euclidean algorithm and Bézout
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.326There are infinitely many primes
Primes
L1
Ex.3346 divides n³ − n
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.338Sums of two squares modulo 4
Congruences
L1
Ex.342The last digit of 7^2026
Congruences
High school
Ex.366Common divisors and common multiples
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.367Computing LCM from divisibility
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.368$n^2-1$ is divisible by 8 for odd $n$
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.369The relation between divisibility and lcm
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.370Simplifying a fraction with the divisibility
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.371divisibility of three numbers
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.434A linear congruence
Congruences
High school
Ex.453Coprime integers
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.454GCD of three numbers
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.455Congruence classes modulo $n$
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.456GCD and divisibility
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.457LCM of three numbers
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.458The least common multiple
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.459Every integer has a prime divisor
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.493Between any two reals lies a rational
Irrationality
High school
Ex.494√2 is algebraic
Irrationality
L2
Ex.541Consecutive primes and coprimality
Primes
High school
Ex.542Coprimality with primes
Primes
High school
Ex.543The fundamental theorem of arithmetic
Primes
High school
Ex.544GCD and LCM via prime factorization
Primes
High school
Ex.545Primes in GCD and LCM
Primes
High school
Ex.546Goldbach's conjecture (statement and verification)
Primes
High school
Ex.547Euclid's proof of infinitely many primes
Primes
High school
Ex.548Iterated GCD
Primes
High school
Ex.549Prime factorization and divisors
Primes
High school
Ex.550Characterization of primes
Primes
High school
Ex.551Using the sieve to test primality
Primes
High school
Ex.552The sieve of Eratosthenes
Primes
High school
Ex.553Smallest prime divisor
Primes
High school
Ex.554The smallest prime factor
Primes
High school
Ex.555Trial division primality test
Primes
High school
Ex.556Twin primes
Primes
High school
Ex.618n + S(n) + S(S(n)) = 60
Congruences
M1
Ex.6198k + 7 is not a sum of three squares
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.620Counting divisors and the hundred lockers
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.621x² + y² = 3z² has no non-trivial solution
Diophantine equations
Olympiad
Ex.622x² − y² = 2024
Diophantine equations
M1
Ex.623gcd(n! + 1, (n + 1)! + 1) = 1
Divisibility and gcd
M1
Ex.62413 divides 2⁷⁰ + 3⁷⁰
Divisibility and gcd
M1
Ex.625When can 2ⁿ + 1 or 2ⁿ − 1 be prime?
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.643When is 1! + 2! + … + n! a perfect square?
Diophantine equations
M1
Ex.644Writing 1 as a sum of unit fractions
Diophantine equations
M1
Ex.645The sum of φ(d) over the divisors of n
Divisibility and gcd
M1
Ex.70630 divides n⁵ − n
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.740A divisibility identity for a sum
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.741Bézout identity for 1001 and 315
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.742When are $2n$ and $3n+1$ coprime?
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.743Coprime powers remain coprime
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.744If $a,b$ are coprime, so are $a+b$ and $ab$
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.745Divisibility of $a^n-b^n$
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.746Divisors of a product
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.747Why the Euclidean algorithm works
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.748The Euclidean algorithm and Bézout identity
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.749When is $(6n+12)/(2n+1)$ an integer?
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.750An incompatible congruence system
Congruences
L1
Ex.751When does $n-4$ divide $3n-17$?
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.752When is the number of divisors odd?
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.753A divisibility recurrence
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.754The smallest prime divisor
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.841Coprimality via congruences
Congruences
L1
Ex.842A CRT application
Congruences
L1
Ex.843The Chinese remainder theorem (two moduli)
Congruences
L1
Ex.844Euler's theorem
Congruences
L1
Ex.845Computing $\varphi(n)$
Congruences
L1
Ex.846Generalization of Fermat
Congruences
L1
Ex.847Fermat's little theorem
Congruences
L1
Ex.848Halving in modular arithmetic
Congruences
L1
Ex.849Finding modular inverses
Congruences
L1
Ex.850Inverse via Fermat
Congruences
L1
Ex.851Solvability of $ax\equiv b\pmod n$
Congruences
L1
Ex.852Applications of the modular inverse
Congruences
L1
Ex.853Power cycles modulo $n$
Congruences
L1
Ex.854A system of congruences
Congruences
L1
Ex.855The order of an element mod $n$
Congruences
L1
Ex.856Computing large powers mod $n$
Congruences
L1
Ex.908Bézout's identity
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.909Coprime product
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.910Infinitely many primes
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.911The fundamental theorem of arithmetic
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.912Gauss's lemma
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.913GCD and product of coprime factors
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.914Divisors of coprime numbers
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.915Linear relations and coprimality
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.916Proof of the Euclidean algorithm
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.917GCD as a linear combination
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.918GCD and linear combinations
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.919GCD of powers
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.920A coprimality proof
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.921A recursive GCD
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.922Semiprimes and divisors
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.923Additive property of the p-adic valuation
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.924Finding modular inverses
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.925Number of divisors
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.926Perfect numbers
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.927Perfect squares and divisors
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.928Prime power divisibility
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.929The radical of an integer
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.930Sum of divisors
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.931Units modulo $n$
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.932p-adic valuation
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1026Rational root theorem and irrationality
Irrationality
L1
Ex.1027Uncountability of irrationals
Irrationality
Olympiad
Ex.1028Rational coefficients and irrational roots
Irrationality
L1
Ex.1029Degree of algebraic numbers
Irrationality
L1
Ex.1030Rational, algebraic, transcendental
Irrationality
L1
Ex.1118Coprimality and Euler's theorem
Primes
L1
Ex.1119Coprimality with factorials
Primes
L1
Ex.1120Factorial and coprime integers
Primes
L1
Ex.1121Consecutive primes and products
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1122Coprime integers and prime divisors
Primes
L1
Ex.1123Coprime products and primes
Primes
L1
Ex.1124Divisibility by coprime integers
Primes
L1
Ex.1125Coprime remainders
Primes
L1
Ex.1126Multiplicativity of $\varphi$
Primes
L1
Ex.1127Euler's totient of a prime power
Primes
L1
Ex.1128Factoring a large integer
Primes
L1
Ex.1129Fermat's little theorem
Primes
L1
Ex.1130Fermat primality test
Primes
L1
Ex.1131Fermat's little theorem and compositeness
Primes
L1
Ex.1132Totient and coprime residue classes
Primes
L1
Ex.1133Euclid's lemma
Primes
L1
Ex.1134Primes and factorials
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1135GCD of a product
Primes
L1
Ex.1136Mersenne primes
Primes
L1
Ex.1137Mersenne primes and exponents
Primes
L1
Ex.1138Order modulo a prime
Primes
L1
Ex.1139Even perfect numbers and Mersenne primes
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1140The prime counting function
Primes
L1
Ex.1141Prime gaps
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1142Prime powers and divisibility
Primes
L1
Ex.1143Primality test up to $\sqrt n$
Primes
High school
Ex.1144Sophie Germain primes
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1277Long runs of non-squarefree numbers
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1278Infinitely many primes of the form 4k + 3
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1279n divides 2ⁿ − 1 only for n = 1
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1280The gcd of 2ᵃ − 1 and 2ᵇ − 1
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.128160 divides xyz for every Pythagorean triple
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1282Wilson's theorem and its converse
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1328A multiple of n written with only 0s and 1s
Congruences
M1
Ex.1329(n²)! is divisible by (n!)^(n+1)
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1330If aᵖ ≡ bᵖ (mod p) then aᵖ ≡ bᵖ (mod p²)
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1331Infinitely many n dividing 2ⁿ + 1
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1332Infinitely many primes ≡ 1 (mod 4)
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1333v_p(n!) from the digits of n in base p
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1334Counting odd entries in a row of Pascal's triangle
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1335Prime divisors of 2ᵖ − 1
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1336Prime divisors of n² + n + 1
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1337((p − 1)/2)! modulo a prime p ≡ 3 (mod 4)
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1338The Frobenius coin problem for two coins
Diophantine equations
Olympiad
Ex.1339The sum of the quadratic residues modulo p
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1340Infinitely many triangular numbers that are squares
Diophantine equations
Olympiad
Ex.1482Existence of a Bézout identity
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1483A Chinese remainder system
Congruences
L1
Ex.1484A common divisor divides 43
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.1485Solving a linear Diophantine equation
Diophantine equations
L1
Ex.1486Solving $ax+by=c$
Diophantine equations
L1
Ex.1487Solving $\divisibility(a,b)+\operatorname{lcm}(a,b)=9+b$
Divisibility and gcd
High school
Ex.1488A prime divisor property
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1578CRT with non-coprime moduli
Congruences
L1
Ex.1579The CRT as a ring isomorphism
Congruences
L1
Ex.1580The CRT with three moduli
Congruences
L1
Ex.1581The Diffie–Hellman protocol
Congruences
L1
Ex.1582Euler's theorem applied
Congruences
L1
Ex.1583Fermat's little theorem and pseudoprimes
Congruences
L1
Ex.1584Proving Fermat's little theorem
Congruences
L1
Ex.1585Legendre symbol and Euler's criterion
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1586RSA and modular arithmetic
Congruences
L1
Ex.1587Primitive roots
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1588Quadratic residues mod $p$
Congruences
L1
Ex.1589A system of linear congruences
Congruences
L1
Ex.1590Wilson's theorem
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1644Egyptian fractions
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1645Chinese remainder theorem
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1646Coprime numbers and exponents
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1647Coprime sums and products
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1648An application of the Euclidean algorithm
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1649A Diophantine equation with coefficients
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1650Euler's totient function
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1651GCD of sums
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1652GCD via the Euclidean matrix
Divisibility and gcd
L1
Ex.1653Divisors of Mersenne numbers
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1654GCD in $\mathbb{Z}$ vs $\mathbb{R}[X]$
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1655GCD of polynomial coefficients
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1656Primitive Pythagorean triples
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1752$e$ is not a quadratic irrational
Irrationality
L1
Ex.1753Liouville's theorem and examples
Irrationality
M1
Ex.1754Independence of square roots
Irrationality
Olympiad
Ex.1831Bertrand's postulate (statement and examples)
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1832Quadratic reciprocity applied
Primes
M1
Ex.1833Primes of the form $4n+1$
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1834Fermat test detects compositeness
Primes
L1
Ex.1835Fermat factorization
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1836GCD via Euler's totient
Primes
L1
Ex.1837Primorial and GCD
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1838Bounds on the $n$-th prime
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1839Prime numbers and prime ideals
Primes
L1
Ex.1840Finding primitive roots
Primes
L1
Ex.1841Pseudoprimes
Primes
L1
Ex.1842Primes and polynomial irreducibility
Primes
M1
Ex.1843The sieve of Sundaram
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1957⌊√n + √(n+1)⌋ = ⌊√(4n+2)⌋
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1958Primes 3 mod 4 and sums of two squares
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1959When is n⁴ + n³ + n² + n + 1 a perfect square?
Diophantine equations
Olympiad
Ex.1960An integrality proof by Legendre's formula
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1961Prime factors of Fermat numbers
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1962The exact power of 3 dividing 2^(3ⁿ) + 1
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1995Even perfect numbers (Euclid–Euler)
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.1996Every prime ≡ 1 (mod 4) is a sum of two squares
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1997n divides φ(aⁿ − 1)
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.1998Which primes divide C(2n, n)?
Primes
Olympiad
Ex.1999gcd(F_m, F_n) = F_gcd(m,n)
Divisibility and gcd
Olympiad
Ex.2108A Carmichael number check
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.2109The Carmichael function $\lambda(n)$
Congruences
M1
Ex.2110The discrete logarithm
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.2111Power tower modulo $n$
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.2112Square roots modulo $p$
Congruences
Olympiad
Ex.2113Stirling numbers via modular arithmetic
Congruences
M1
Ex.2114NTT and modular arithmetic (statement)
Congruences
M1
Ex.2122Carmichael numbers (statement)
Divisibility and gcd
M1
Ex.2123The Miller–Rabin test
Divisibility and gcd
M1
Ex.2173Algebraic independence of $e$ and $\pi$
Irrationality
M1
Ex.2174Irrationality of e+ π and πe
Irrationality
M1
Ex.2175Euler's number and transcendence
Irrationality
M1
Ex.2176Schanuel's conjecture (statement)
Irrationality
M1
Ex.2191The AKS primality test (statement)
Primes
M1
Ex.2192Elliptic curve factorization (statement)
Primes
M1
Ex.2193The Fermat quotient
Primes
M1
Ex.2194The Lucas–Lehmer test
Primes
M1
Ex.2195Chebyshev's bounds
Primes
M1
Ex.2196Primes in arithmetic progressions
Primes
M1
Ex.2197The prime number theorem (statement)
Primes
M1
Ex.2198Existence of primitive roots
Primes
M1
Ex.2199Proth's theorem
Primes
M1
Ex.2200Quadratic reciprocity (statement)
Primes
M1
Ex.2201Sophie Germain's theorem
Primes
M1
Ex.2202Stirling's formula and primes
Primes
M1
Ex.2203The Miller–Rabin test
Primes
M1
Ex.2204Wieferich primes (statement)
Primes
M1
Ex.2233Vieta jumping: (a² + b²)/(ab + 1) is a square
Diophantine equations
Olympiad
Ex.2240Primitive roots exist modulo every prime
Congruences
Olympiad
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