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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?
Permutations_Combination DiscreteProve that there must be two distinct integers in $A$ whose sum is $104$.Pigeon Hole Principle: Six positive integers whose maximum is at most $14$Find the number of possible combinations for a combination lock if each combination…Exhibit a one-to-one correspondence between the set of positive integers and the set of integers not divisible by $3$.Is it possible to find two distinct 4-colorings of the tetrahedron which use exactly one of each color?Among any $11$ integers, sum of $6$ of them is divisible by $6$Prove that any collection of 8 distinct integers contains distinct x and y such that x - y is divisible by 7.Show that given a set of positive n integers, there exists a non-empty subset whose sum is divisible by nPigeonhole Principle Issue five integers where their sum or difference is divisible by seven.
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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?
I'm not really sure how to even approach this question.
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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?
I'm not really sure how to even approach this question.
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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@JMoravitz humor?
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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?
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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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– JMoravitz
2 hours ago
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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@JMoravitz humor?
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
2 hours ago
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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– JMoravitz
2 hours ago
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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– Wolfgang Kais
2 hours ago
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@JMoravitz humor?
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
2 hours ago
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
2 hours ago
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
2 hours ago
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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– JMoravitz
2 hours ago
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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– JMoravitz
2 hours ago
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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– Wolfgang Kais
2 hours ago
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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2 hours ago
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@JMoravitz humor?
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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$
So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$
$~$
Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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$$beginalign
1+2+3&=6\
1+2+3+6&=12\
1+2+3+6+12&=24\
vdots
endalign$$
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We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$
So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$
$~$
Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
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– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$
So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$
$~$
Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
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– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$
So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$
$~$
Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.
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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$
So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$
$~$
Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.
answered 2 hours ago
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
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– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
31 mins ago
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
$endgroup$
– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
$begingroup$
@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
31 mins ago
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
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Why did you start with 2, 4, and 6 rather than 1, 2, and 3?
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– Arcanist Lupus
36 mins ago
$begingroup$
@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
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– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus My first instinct was to try to find an example of four numbers which add up to something with nice clustered divisors by inspection. My initial target was $24$ as I knew it had many divisors, $1,2,3,4,6,8,12$, which as it so happened led me to spot $2,4,6,12$. In finding an example with four numbers satisfying the required condition that they all divide evenly into the sum, that gave me hope that it could be done for $2014$ numbers too and indeed by looking at the example I spotted the pattern I describe above.
$endgroup$
– JMoravitz
33 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
31 mins ago
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@ArcanistLupus it was just personal preference that I chose $24$ as my target number instead of $12$, no deep mathematical reason beyond that $24$ had an extra few divisors and seemed an easier target at the time, but honestly I hadn't really given $12$ much consideration.
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– JMoravitz
31 mins ago
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$$beginalign
1+2+3&=6\
1+2+3+6&=12\
1+2+3+6+12&=24\
vdots
endalign$$
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We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
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– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
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$$beginalign
1+2+3&=6\
1+2+3+6&=12\
1+2+3+6+12&=24\
vdots
endalign$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
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$$beginalign
1+2+3&=6\
1+2+3+6&=12\
1+2+3+6+12&=24\
vdots
endalign$$
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$$beginalign
1+2+3&=6\
1+2+3+6&=12\
1+2+3+6+12&=24\
vdots
endalign$$
answered 2 hours ago
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We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
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– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
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$begingroup$
We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
$endgroup$
– Ross Millikan
2 hours ago
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I cant even find two.
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– Rudi_Birnbaum
2 hours ago
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@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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– JMoravitz
2 hours ago
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Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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@JMoravitz humor?
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