Math Problem #2 (Number Theory) - Page 2

On July 06 2009 11:36 Archaic wrote:
Also, don't try to pretend you're quizzing us when it is probably just a question straight out of your Summer HW.

On July 06 2009 16:14 Jonoman92 wrote:
Why is it obvious that x is odd? Sorry i'm a bit slow. I see that you set x equal to what its exponent was so I guess you can just disregard the coefficient for some reason.

On July 06 2009 17:17 FirstBorn wrote:
Most of these math problem threads make me feel quite stupid.

This is not an exception.

On July 06 2009 16:16 pat777 wrote:

Next time I'll put the answer in spoiler tags just to prove that I am not trying to get HW help. Also, the answer is already online here (don't click unless you want to be spoiled):
http://www.math.washington.edu/~challenge/archive/20090505/flt.pdf

btw, thanks to all who defended me.
btw, congrats to Muirhead and moriya for solving the problem. Cheeseball had an incomplete proof.

On July 06 2009 18:04 d3_crescentia wrote:

You know, you could avoid such situations by explaining that you're posting math problems for people to solve for fun at the beginning of each post.

The other thing is that non-mathematicians will glance at these problems and be reminded of high-school algebra.

On July 06 2009 18:04 d3_crescentia wrote:

You know, you could avoid such situations by explaining that you're posting math problems for people to solve for fun at the beginning of each post.

The other thing is that non-mathematicians will glance at these problems and be reminded of high-school algebra.