Thread: Show that if m > n then ((a^2)^n) + 1 divides ((a^2)^n)− 1
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Old November 7th, 2009, 05:05 AM
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one must be careful or even describe things by words when mathematical notation is cumbersome.
Funny, if you read pre-twentieth century math books and proofs, they rarely rely on notation and speak almost solely in plain english words. "One more than an integer raised to a power of two must evenly divide one less than that same number raised any higher power of two..." Mathematical notation is a language unto itself that has extremely strict rules of grammar.
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