Ivan Shishkin, Rye (1878)

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Consecutive integers and divisibility

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Solution by Sequoia · EN

We have the relation nu+(n1)v=1nu+(n-1)v=1 for u=1u=1 and v=1v=-1. It is hence a Bezout relation between nn and n1n-1 that proves that these integers have gcd 11.
Hence n1n-1 divides nn if, and only if, n1=1n-1=1 (so n=2n=2) of n1=nn-1=n, which is not possible.

The answer is thus 22.

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