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Proof WritingChallengeExistence, Uniqueness and Counterexamples

Existence, Uniqueness and Counterexamples · Challenge problem

Claim: every odd number n≥5n \ge 5 is a power of 22 plus a prime (n=2k+pn = 2^k + p with k≥1k \ge 1). Which number is a counterexample?