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OpenStudy (goformit100):

Find all natural numbers n>1 such that n^2 does not divide (n-2)!.

OpenStudy (goformit100):

@wio

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Hmmmm

OpenStudy (goformit100):

@ParthKohli Help me brother

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Maybe there are a handful of numbers, and you have to prove why the other ones don't work.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

consider even and odd case. That could narrow things down.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[(n-2)!\] Is going to be even, because it is equal to \[ (n-2)(n-3)(n-4)...(3)(2)(1) \]The two makes it all even.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Though I don't know if this info helps at all.

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