Problem

Source: Romanian TST 1997

Tags: number theory proposed, number theory



Let $a>1$ be a positive integer. Show that the set of integers \[\{a^2+a-1,a^3+a^2-1,\ldots ,a^{n+1}+a^n-1,\ldots\}\] contains an infinite subset of pairwise coprime integers. Mircea Becheanu