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A permutation of the set of positive integers
is a sequence
such that each element of
appears precisely one time as a term of the sequence. For example,
is a permutation of
. Let
be the number of permutations of
for which
is a perfect square for all
. Find with proof the smallest
such that
is a multiple of
.
![$[n] = \{1, 2, . . . , n\}$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/f/f/4ff58e6e89a225ffa8db0ab50038fdadd9d4e2bc.png)

![$[n]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/d/e/0deff9086fd7840ef23860f5bc924f1d4d2d2310.png)

![$[5]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/4/2/c4216c69e041fca0904e8c5366d4480d1b2ca8b8.png)

![$[n]$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/d/e/0deff9086fd7840ef23860f5bc924f1d4d2d2310.png)





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Reason: Lolol latex was wrong for 5 years and nobody caught it
Reason: Lolol latex was wrong for 5 years and nobody caught it