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Lots of lods (Posted on 2017-09-10) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Let's denote the largest odd divisor of a positive integer n by lod(n).
Thus lod(1)=1; lod(72)=9; lod(2k+1)=2k+1; lod(2^k)=1.

Prove the following statement:
Sum of all values of lod(k), (k>1) from k=n+1 to k=2n, inclusive, equals n2.

Example: take n=7: lod(8,9,10,11,12,13,14)= (1,9,5,11,3,13,7), sum of the values within the last pair of brackets is 49, indeed.

Source: Shown to me as a trick i.e. "the wizard" guesses the result a priori.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON    
Rating: 4.6667 (3 votes)

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  Subject Author Date
re: Alternate approachSteve Herman2017-09-11 20:33:38
re: Alternate approachchun2017-09-11 14:14:17
SolutionAlternate approachPaul2017-09-11 11:34:05
re(2): One type of proofJer2017-09-11 07:35:26
Some Thoughtsre: One type of proofAdy TZIDON2017-09-11 03:19:15
re: One type of proofSteve Herman2017-09-10 17:12:35
SolutionOne type of proofJer2017-09-10 10:09:21
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