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Nov 22, 2017, 6:52 pm #1
indefatigable
prove that we can write any positive integer in the form of
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which are positive integers
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Nov 22, 2017, 8:59 pm #2

sayanjoddar
we need to consider several cases as follows:
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if then choose even so that , so
clearly, , means
.

next, take . in this case we will choose even so that

, means , means
.

next, if , then we will choose odd , and for that we have

means again .

next if if , then we will choose even , and doing so will

lead means it is again representable in the above form.
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Yesterday at 10:59 PM #3
indefatigable
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z sayanjoddar wrote:
we need to consider several cases as follows:
if then choose even so that
, so clearly,
, means
.
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