"Benny.VanHoudt" wrote:
>
> I mentioned that this was true for all N if F is an odd factor,
> it's a bit more complicated, it is only true for N even
> if F is an odd factor and F is small enough.
> This because we can't use negative numbers.
>
> For example 12 = 3 + 4 + 5 (F=3, Q=4) works and
> 70 = 7+8+9+10+11+12+13 (F=7, Q=10),
> but it fails for 14 because the only odd factor F=7 gives Q=2
> and Q < D.
But surely 14 = -1 + 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 (F=7, Q=2, D=3)
Why does it matter that the start of the sequence is negative?
Also: 81 =
-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1+0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16
(F=27, Q=3, D=13)
>
>
> Sorry for that
> Benny
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