Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level: 
Find the values of $n$ for which $1^n + 8^n - 3^n - 6^n$ is divisible by 6.
Divisibility. epsilons. Short problems. Forces. Modulus arithmetic. engineering. physics. Index notation/Indices. Mathematical induction. Fibonacci sequence.
Published August 1998.
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