Problem

Source: IMO 1994, Problem 6, IMO Shortlist 1994, N3

Tags: modular arithmetic, number theory, prime numbers, Combinatorial Number Theory, IMO, IMO 1994, combinatorics



Show that there exists a set $ A$ of positive integers with the following property: for any infinite set $ S$ of primes, there exist two positive integers $ m$ in $ A$ and $ n$ not in $ A$, each of which is a product of $ k$ distinct elements of $ S$ for some $ k \geq 2$.