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Putnam 1997 B1

  • Session B

Let {x}\{x\} denote the distance between the real number xx and the nearest integer. For each positive integer nn, evaluate Fn=∑m=16n−1min⁡({m6n},{m3n}).F_n=\sum_{m=1}^{6n-1} \min(\{\frac{m}{6n}\},\{\frac{m}{3n}\}). (Here min⁡(a,b)\min(a,b) denotes the minimum of aa and bb.)

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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