3.II.11H

Number Theory | Part II, 2006

State the prime number theorem, and Dirichlet's theorem on primes in arithmetic progression.

If pp is an odd prime number, prove that −1-1 is a quadratic residue modulo pp if and only if p≡1 mod 4p \equiv 1 \bmod 4.

Let p1,…,pmp_{1}, \ldots, p_{m} be distinct prime numbers, and define

N1=4p1…pm−1,N2=4(p1…pm)2+1N_{1}=4 p_{1} \ldots p_{m}-1, \quad N_{2}=4\left(p_{1} \ldots p_{m}\right)^{2}+1

Prove that N1N_{1} has at least one prime factor which is congruent to 3 mod 43 \bmod 4, and that every prime factor of N2N_{2} must be congruent to 1 mod 41 \bmod 4.

Deduce that there are infinitely many primes which are congruent to 1 mod 41 \bmod 4, and infinitely many primes which are congruent to 3 mod 43 \bmod 4.

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