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International Mathematical Olympiad 2016 — Official contest Question 4

IMO · International Mathematical Olympiad 2016 — Official contest

Question 4

A set of positive integers is called *fragrant* if it contains at least two elements and each of its elements has a prime factor in common with at least one of the other elements. Let $P(n)=n^2+n+1$. What is the smallest possible positive integer value of $b$ such that there exists a non-negative integer $a$ for which the set $$
\{P(a+1),P(a+2),\dots,P(a+b)\}
$$ is fragrant?