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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?


Permutations_Combination DiscreteProve that there must be two distinct integers in $A$ whose sum is $104$.Pigeon Hole Principle: Six positive integers whose maximum is at most $14$Find the number of possible combinations for a combination lock if each combination…Exhibit a one-to-one correspondence between the set of positive integers and the set of integers not divisible by $3$.Is it possible to find two distinct 4-colorings of the tetrahedron which use exactly one of each color?Among any $11$ integers, sum of $6$ of them is divisible by $6$Prove that any collection of 8 distinct integers contains distinct x and y such that x - y is divisible by 7.Show that given a set of positive n integers, there exists a non-empty subset whose sum is divisible by nPigeonhole Principle Issue five integers where their sum or difference is divisible by seven.













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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?

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    I cant even find two.
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    @Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
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    Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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    @JMoravitz humor?
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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?

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  • $begingroup$
    I cant even find two.
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    – Rudi_Birnbaum
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    @Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    1 hour ago










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    Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
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    – Wolfgang Kais
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    @JMoravitz humor?
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    1 hour ago













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Is it possible to find 2014 distinct positive integers whose sum is divisible by each of them?

I'm not really sure how to even approach this question.

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  • $begingroup$
    I cant even find two.
    $endgroup$
    – Rudi_Birnbaum
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
    $endgroup$
    – Wolfgang Kais
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    @JMoravitz humor?
    $endgroup$
    – Rudi_Birnbaum
    1 hour ago
















  • $begingroup$
    I cant even find two.
    $endgroup$
    – Rudi_Birnbaum
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    $begingroup$
    @Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
    $endgroup$
    – JMoravitz
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
    $endgroup$
    – Wolfgang Kais
    1 hour ago










  • $begingroup$
    @JMoravitz humor?
    $endgroup$
    – Rudi_Birnbaum
    1 hour ago















$begingroup$
I cant even find two.
$endgroup$
– Rudi_Birnbaum
1 hour ago




$begingroup$
I cant even find two.
$endgroup$
– Rudi_Birnbaum
1 hour ago




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$begingroup$
@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
$endgroup$
– JMoravitz
1 hour ago




$begingroup$
@Rudi_Birnbaum irrelevant. $2,4,6,12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12$.
$endgroup$
– JMoravitz
1 hour ago












$begingroup$
Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
$endgroup$
– Wolfgang Kais
1 hour ago




$begingroup$
Well, at least I can find three… $1+2+3$
$endgroup$
– Wolfgang Kais
1 hour ago












$begingroup$
@JMoravitz humor?
$endgroup$
– Rudi_Birnbaum
1 hour ago




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Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$




So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$




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Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.







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    $$beginalign
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    1+2+3+6&=12\
    1+2+3+6+12&=24\
    vdots
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      We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
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    Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$




    So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$




    $~$




    Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.







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      Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$




      So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$




      $~$




      Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.







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        $begingroup$

        Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$




        So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$




        $~$




        Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.







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        Hint: $2,4,6$ are all divisors of $2+4+6=12$. Similarly $2+4+6+12$ are all divisors of $2+4+6+12=24$




        So too are $2,4,6,12,24$ all divisors of $2+4+6+12+24$




        $~$




        Claim: Let $x_1=2, x_2=4, x_3=6$ and let $x_n+1 = sumlimits_k=1^n x_k$ for each $ngeq 3$. You have that $x_imid sumlimits_k=1^nx_k$ for all $ileq n$ for all $ngeq 3$.








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            $$beginalign
            1+2+3&=6\
            1+2+3+6&=12\
            1+2+3+6+12&=24\
            vdots
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              We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
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            $$beginalign
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            1+2+3+6&=12\
            1+2+3+6+12&=24\
            vdots
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            $$beginalign
            1+2+3&=6\
            1+2+3+6&=12\
            1+2+3+6+12&=24\
            vdots
            endalign$$






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            $$beginalign
            1+2+3&=6\
            1+2+3+6&=12\
            1+2+3+6+12&=24\
            vdots
            endalign$$







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              We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
              $endgroup$
              – Ross Millikan
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              We can say that the $2014$ numbers produced this way are $1,2,3$ and $3cdot 2^k$ for $k in [1,2011]$
              $endgroup$
              – Ross Millikan
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