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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

2023/026) Show that n!+1 and (n+1)!+1 are relatively prime for all natural n ?

We shall prove it by taking the GCD

GCD((n+1)!+1, n!+1)

=  GCD((n+1)!+1- (n!+1), n!+1) using GCD(a,b) = GCD(a-mb,b) for any integer m

=  GCD((n+1)!- n!, n!+1)

=  GCD((n!(n+1-1), n!+1)

=  GCD(n!.n, n!+1)

=  GCD(n!, n!+1) we can devide 1st term by n and GCD shall not change and 2nd term is not divisible by n

=  GCD( n!, n!+1-n)  using GCD(a,b) = GCD(a-mb,b) for any integer m

=GCD(n!,1)= 1 

So these are relativvly primes 


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