Problem

Source: Iran 3rd round 2014 - final exam problem 3

Tags: number theory unsolved, number theory



(a) $n$ is a natural number. $d_1,\dots,d_n,r_1,\dots ,r_n$ are natural numbers such that for each $i,j$ that $1\leq i < j \leq n$ we have $(d_i,d_j)=1$ and $d_i\geq 2$. Prove that there exist an $x$ such that (i) $1 \leq x \leq 3^n$ (ii)For each $1 \leq i \leq n$ \[x \overset{d_i}{\not{\equiv}} r_i\] (b) For each $\epsilon >0$ prove that there exists natural $N$ such that for each $n>N$ and each $d_1,\dots,d_n,r_1,\dots ,r_n$ satisfying the conditions above there exists an $x$ satisfying (ii) such that $1\leq x \leq (2+\epsilon )^n$. Time allowed for this exam was 75 minutes.