Suranyi’s theorem
Suranyi’s theorem states that every integer can be expressed as the following sum:
for some .
We prove this by induction, taking the first four whole numbers as our cases:
Now it suffices to prove that if the theorem is true for then
it is also true for .
As
it’s simple to finish the proof:
if then
and we are done.
Title | Suranyi’s theorem |
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Canonical name | SuranyisTheorem |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 13:43:00 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 13:43:00 |
Owner | mathcam (2727) |
Last modified by | mathcam (2727) |
Numerical id | 10 |
Author | mathcam (2727) |
Entry type | Theorem |
Classification | msc 11A99 |