E.3240
Part
A
Let
N
be
a
natural,
odd,
non-prime
integer.
Assume
N
=
a
2
−
b
2
où
a
and
b
are
two
natural
numbers.
1
Show
that
a
and
b
do
not
have
the
same
parity.
2
Show
that
N
can
be
written
as
the
product
of
two
natural
numbers
p
and
q
.
3
What
is
the
parity
of
p
and
q
?
Part
B
We
admit
that
250
507
is
not
prime.
We
propose
to
look
for
pairs
of
natural
integers
(
a
;
b
)
verifying
the
relation:
(
E
)
:
a
2
−
250
507
=
b
2
1
Let
X
be
a
natural
number.
a
Give
in
a
table,
the
possible
remainders
of
X
modulo
9
;
then
those
of
X
2
modulo
9
.
b
Knowing
that
a
2
−
250
507=
b
2
,
determine
the
possible
remainders
modulo
9
of
a
2
−
250
507
;
deduce
the
possi-ble
remainders
modulo
9
of
a
2
.
c
Show
that
the
possible
remainders
modulo
9
of
a
are
1
and
8
.
2
Justify
that
if
the
pair
(
a
;
b
)
verifies
the
relation
(
E
)
,
then
a
501
.
Show
that
there
is
no
solution
of
the
type
(501
;
b
)
.
3
It
is
assumed
that
the
pair
(
a
;
b
)
verifies
the
relation
(
E
)
.
a
Demonstrate
that
a
is
congruent
to
503
or
to
505
mod-ulo
9
.
b
Determine
the
smallest
natural
number
k
such
that
the
pair
(505+9
k
;
b
)
is
a
solution
of
(
E
)
,
then
give
the
corresponding
solution
couple.
Part
C
1
Deduce
from
the
previous
parts
a
writing
of
250
507
as
a
two-factor
product.
2
Are
the
two
factors
prime
to
each
other?
3
Is
this
writing
unique?
E.3319
1
a
Determine
according
to
the
values
of
the
non-zero
natural
number
n
the
remainder
in
the
Euclidean
divi-sion
by
9
of
7
n
.
b
Then
demonstrate
that
:
2005
2005
≡
7
(
mod.
9)
.
2
a
Demonstrate
that
for
any
non-zero
natural
number
n
:
10
n
≡
1
(
mod.
9)
.
b
We
denote
by
N
a
natural
number
written
in
base
ten,
we
call
S
the
sum
of
its
digits.
Prove
the
following
relationship
:
N
≡
S
(
mod.
9)
.
c
Deduce
that
N
is
divisible
by
9
if,
and
only
if,
S
is
divisible
by
9
.
3
Assume
A
=
2005
2005
;
denote
by:
B
the
sum
of
the
digits
of
A
;
C
the
sum
of
the
digits
of
B
;
D
the
sum
of
the
digits
of
C
.
a
Demonstrate
the
following
relationship
:
A
≡
D
(
mod.
9)
.
b
Knowing
that
2005
<
10000
,
demonstrate
that
A
is
written
in
decimal
numeration
with
at
most
8020
dig-its.
Deduce
that
:
B
72180
.
c
Demonstrate
that
:
C
45
.
d
By
studying
the
list
of
integers
less
than
45,
determine
a
majorant
of
D
smaller
than
15.
e
Prove
that
:
D
=7
.
E.3554
Throughout
the
exercise,
n
de-notes
a
non-zero
natural
number.
1
a
For
1
n
6
,
calculate
the
remainders
of
the
Eu-clidean
division
of
3
n
by
7
.
b
Demonstrate
that,
for
any
n
,
3
n
+6
−
3
n
is
divisible
by
7
.
Deduce
that
3
n
and
3
n
+6
have
the
same
remainder
in
division
by
7.
c
Using
the
previous
results,
calculate
the
remainder
of
the
Euclidean
division
of
3
1
000
by
7
.
d
In
general,
how
can
we
calculate
the
remainder
of
the
Euclidean
division
of
3
n
by
7
,
for
any
n
?
e
Deduce
that,
for
any
natural
number
n
,
3
n
is
prime
with
7
.
2
Let
U
n
=1+3+3
2
+
···
+3
n
−
1
=
n
−
1
i
=0
3
i
,
où
n
is
a
natural
number
greater
than
or
equal
to
2.
a
Show
that
if
U
n
is
divisible
by
7
then
3
n
−
1
is
divisible
by
7.
b
Reciprocally,
show
that
if
3
n
−
1
is
divisible
by
7
then
U
n
is
divisible
by
7
.
Deduce
the
values
of
n
such
that
U
n
is
divisible
by
7
.
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E.3572
We
propose
to
determine
the
cou-ples
(
n
;
m
)
of
non-zero
natural
numbers
verifying
the
rela-tion
:
7
n
−
3
×
2
m
=
1
(
F
)
1
We
assume
m
4
.
Show
that
there
are
exactly
two
solution
pairs.
2
It
is
now
assumed
that
m
5
.
a
Show
that
if
the
couple
(
n
;
m
)
verifies
the
relation
(
F
)
then
:
7
n
≡
1
(
mod.
32)
.
b
By
studying
the
remainders
of
division
by
32
of
powers
of
7,
show
that
if
thecouple
(
n
;
m
)
verifies
the
relation
(
F
)
then
n
is
divisible
by
4
.
c
Deduce
that
if
the
couple
(
n
;
m
)
verifies
the
relation
(
F
)
then
:
7
n
≡
1
(
mod.
5)
d
For
m
5
,
are
there
pairs
(
n
;
m
)
of
natural
numbers
verifying
the
relation
(
F
)
?
3
Conclude,
i.e.
determine
the
set
of
pairs
of
non-zero
nat-ural
integers
verifying
the
relation
(
F
)
.
E.3629
We
call
(
E
)
the
set
of
natural
numbers
that
can
be
written
in
the
form
9+
a
2
où
a
is
a
non-zero
natural
number;
for
example:
10
=
9
+
1
2
;
13
=
9
+
2
2
;
.
.
.
In
this
exercise,
we
propose
to
study
the
existence
of
elements
of
(
E
)
that
are
powers
of
2
,
3
or
5
.
1
Study
the
equation
of
unknown
a
:
a
2
+
9
=
2
n
où
a
∈
N
,
n
∈
N
,
n
4
.
a
Show
that
if
a
exists,
a
is
odd.
b
Reasoning
modulo
4
,
show
that
the
proposed
equation
has
no
solution.
2
Study
the
equation
with
unknown
a
:
a
2
+
9
=
3
n
où
a
∈
N
,
n
∈
N
,
n
3
.
a
Show
that
if
n
3
,
3
n
is
congruent
to
1
or
3
modulo
4
.
b
Show
that
if
a
exists,
it
is
even
and
deduce
that
neces-sarily
n
is
even.
c
We
pose
n
=2
p
où
p
is
a
natural
number,
2
.
Deduce
from
a
factorization
of
3
n
−
a
2
,
that
the
proposed
equa-tion
has
no
solution.
3
Study
the
equation
with
unknown
a
:
a
2
+
9
=
5
n
où
a
∈
N
,
n
∈
N
,
n
2
.
a
Reasoning
modulo
3
,
show
that
the
equation
has
no
solution
if
n
is
odd.
b
We
pose
n
=2
p
,
drawing
inspiration
from
2
c
show
that
there
exists
a
single
natural
number
a
such
that
a
2
+9
is
an
integer
power
of
5
.
E.5863
Part
A
Consider
the
function
f
from
an
algorithm
où
its
arguments
take
non-zero
natural
integers
as
values
:
Function
f(a;b)
c
←
0
As
long
as
a>b
c
←
c+1
a
←
a
−
b
End
As
long
as
Return
(c;a)
1
Indicating
the
values
of
the
variables
taken
successively
when
calling
the
function
f
with
the
values
a
=13
and
b
=4
.
2
How
to
interpret,
according
to
the
values
a
and
b
sup-plied
as
arguments,
the
value
of
the
pair
returned
by
the
function
f
on
a
call.
Part
B
For
each
letter
of
the
alphabet,
use
the
table
below
to
assign
an
integer
between
0
and
25
.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
A
coding
process
is
defined
as
follows
:
Step
1:
To
the
letter
we
want
to
code,
we
associate
the
integer
m
corresponds
in
the
table.
Step
2:
We
calculate
the
remainder
of
the
Euclidean
di-vision
of
9
m
+5
by
26
and
note
it
p
.
Step
3:
To
the
integer
p
,
we
associate
the
corresponding
letter
in
the
table.
1
Code
letter
U
.
2
Modify
the
function
f
of
the
algorithm
of
part
A
so
that
at
a
value
of
m
entered
by
the
user,
it
returns
the
value
of
p
,
calculated
using
the
previous
coding
procedure.
Part
C
1
Find
an
integer
x
such
that
:
9
x
≡
1
(
mod.
26)
.
2
Then
demonstrate
the
equivalence
:
9
m
+5
≡
p
(
mod.
26)
⇐⇒
m
≡
3
p
−
15
(
mod.
26)
3
Then
decode
the
letter
B
.
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E.5960
1
Show
that,
for
any
natural
number
n
,
2
3
n
−
1
is
a
multi-ple
of
7
(reasoning
by
recurrence
may
be
used)
.
Deduce
that
2
3
n
+1
−
2
is
a
multiple
of
7
and
that
2
3
n
+2
−
4
is
a
multiple
of
7
.
2
Determine
the
remainders
of
the
division
by
7
of
the
pow-ers
of
2
.
3
The
number
p
being
a
natural
number,
consider
the
in-teger:
Q
p
=
2
p
+
2
2
p
+
2
3
p
a
If
p
=3
n
,
what
is
the
remainder
of
the
divisioin
of
A
p
by
7
?
b
Show
that
if
p
=3
n
+1
then
A
p
is
divisible
by
7
.
c
Study
the
case
où
p
=3
n
+2
4
Consider
the
integers
a
and
b
written
in
the
binary
sys-tem
:
a
=
1
001
001
000
;
b
=
1
000
100
010
000
Check
that
these
two
numbers
are
numbers
of
the
form
A
p
.
Are
they
divisible
by
7
?
E.6795
Parts
A
and
B
can
be
treated
independently.
Part
A
In
order
to
encrypt
a
message,
affine
encryption
is
used.
Each
letter
of
the
alphabet
is
associated
with
an
integer
as
shown
in
the
table
below
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Let
x
be
the
integer
associated
with
the
letter
to
be
coded.
We
determine
the
remainder
y
of
the
Euclidean
division
of
7
x
+5
by
26
,
then
we
deduce
the
letter
associated
with
y
(it
is
it
that
codes
the
original
letter)
.
Example
:
M
corresponding
to
x
=12
7
×
12
+
5
=
89
Now
89
≡
11
(
mod.
26)
and
11
corresponding
to
the
letter
L
,
so
the
letter
M
is
encoded
by
the
letter
L
.
1
Code
letter
L
.
2
a
Let
k
be
a
relative
integer.
Show
that
if
k
≡
7
x
(
mod.
26)
then
15
·
k
≡
x
(
mod.
26)
.
b
Demonstrate
the
reciprocal
of
the
previous
implica-tion.
c
Deduce
that
y
≡
7
x
+5
(
mod.
26)
is
equivalent
to
x
≡
15
·
y
+3
(
mod.
26)
.
3
Using
the
previous
question
decode
the
letter
E
.
Part
B
Consider
the
sequences
a
n
and
b
n
such
that
a
0
and
b
0
are
integers
between
0
and
25
inclusive
and
for
any
natural
number
n
:
a
n
+1
=
7
·
a
n
+
5
b
n
+1
=
15
·
b
n
+
3
Show
that
for
any
natural
number
n
:
a
n
=
a
0
+
5
6
×
7
n
−
5
6
For
the
rest
of
the
problem,
we
admit
that
for
any
natural
number
n
:
b
n
=
b
0
+
3
14
×
15
n
−
3
14
Part
C
Decrypting
a
message
encoded
with
an
affine
cipher
poses
no
difficulty
(we
can
test
312
pairs
of
possible
coefficients)
.
To
in-crease
this
decryption
difficulty,
we
propose
to
use
a
key
that
will
indicate
for
each
letter
the
number
of
times
où
applies
the
affine
encryption
of
the
A
part
to
it.
For
example,
to
encode
the
word
MATH
with
the
key
2
−
2
−
5
−
6
,
we
apply
ˇ2ı
times
the
affine
cipher
to
the
letter
M
(this
gives
E
)
,
ˇ2ı
times
the
cipher
to
the
letter
A
,
ˇ5ı
times
the
cipher
to
the
letter
T
and
finally
ˇ6ı
times
the
cipher
to
the
letter
H
.
In
this
part,
we’ll
use
the
key
2
−
2
−
5
−
6
.
Decode
the
letter
Q
in
the
word
IY
Y
Q
.
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