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2006 Romanian NMO Problems/Grade 7/Problem 4

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Problem

Let A be a set of positive integers with at least 2 elements. It is given that for any numbers a>b, a,b \in A we have \frac{ [a,b] }{ a- b } \in A, where by [a,b] we have denoted the least common multiple of a and b. Prove that the set A has exactly two elements.

Marius Gherghu, Slatina

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