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#1 Re: Help Me ! » Pattern Problem » 2009-05-15 04:43:59
hi
yeah I have, but thats no help for this particular question because you can't find solutions..
the method i found on the website i quoted seemed easy to apply, any ideas how it acn be proven? I think that isn't supposed to be too hard, but I'm clueless...
#2 Help Me ! » Pattern Problem » 2009-05-15 03:11:27
- Aquafina
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Hi I need help generalising the method required for question 7 in the following link:
http://www.mathpropress.com/Konhauser/Konhauser1995.html
any help will be appreciated 
They have a general case in something similar,except the rows are numbered from the top going down:
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/arithmetic/NimSum.shtml
except i dont know how to prove it..
#3 Help Me ! » Proof by Induction? » 2009-05-15 02:31:18
- Aquafina
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Hi I want to show that for x>3
(x^5 - 1)/(x-1) ≠ y^2
where y is any integer
basically the expression is not a perfect square
I've tried proof by induction but can't seem to get anywhere
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