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Establish each of the following statements:(a) Every integer of the form n4 + 4, with n &g...

Establish each of the following statements:

(a) Every integer of the form n4 + 4, with n > 1, is composite.

[Hint: Write n4 + 4 as a product of two quadratic factors.]


(b) If n > 4 is composite, then n divides (n − 1)!.


(c) Any integer of the form 8n + 1, where n ≥ 1, is composite.

[Hint: 2n + 1 | 23n + 1.]


(d) Each integer n > 11 can be written as the sum of two composite numbers.

[Hint: If n is even, say n=2k, then n−6−2(k − 3); for n odd, consider the integer n − 9.]

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