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Go for short! (Posted on 2005-04-19) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Looking at the "Square of an Odd" puzzle that asks to prove that the square of an odd number is always 1 more than a multiple of 8, a professor gave this four parts proof: "All odd numbers are of the form 8K+1, 8K+3, 8K+5 or 8K+7. Squaring these numbers produces 8M+1, 8M+9, 8M+25 or 8M+49, which are all of the form 8N+1. QED"

Another professor came by, and gave a single line proof. Can you manage it?

Note: no one who answered the original problem produced either the four parts solution, or the single line one.

  Submitted by e.g.    
Rating: 2.0000 (2 votes)
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All odd numbers are 4K±1, which squared produces 16K²±8K+1, which obviously is a multiple of 8, plus 1.

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  Subject Author Date
re: my waybroll2016-06-24 23:39:48
Solutionmy wayAdy TZIDON2012-08-07 12:55:59
Some ThoughtsIf two lines were allowed in the proof......K Sengupta2008-12-17 06:09:53
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2008-12-16 13:19:13
"computer" solutionDuncan Garp2005-06-04 05:34:12
SolutionSolutionMichael Cottle2005-04-19 18:29:51
SolutionAnother wayFederico Kereki2005-04-19 12:43:14
SolutionHow about this?Bractals2005-04-19 11:08:36
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