Infinitely Many Composites

★ 8/10number theory Modular Arithmetic Chinese Remainder Theorem

Problem

Prove that there are infinitely many odd positive integers $m$ for which $8^m + 9m^2$ is composite.

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Solution

Difficulty	8/10
Topics	number theory, Modular Arithmetic, Chinese Remainder Theorem

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