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Can someone help me in this problem?

Let $p,q$ be prime numbers with $p < q$.

  1. There exists $m \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ for which $1+p+p^2+...+p^m$ is a power of $q$.
  2. There exists $n \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ for which $1+q+q^2+...+q^n$ is a power of $p$.

Prove that $p = 2, q = 2^t - 1$, with $t$ being a prime number.

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