Disprove the following statements: (a) If (n) and (k) are positive integers, then (n^{k}-n) is always divisible

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Disprove the following statements:

(a) If \(n\) and \(k\) are positive integers, then \(n^{k}-n\) is always divisible by \(k\).

(b) Every positive integer is the sum of three squares (the squares being \(0,1,4,9,16\), etc.).

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