New Home Forums Math Olympiad - IOQM Number Theory Divisibility

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • #74937
    Akash Arjun
    Participant

     

    please help me solve this problem

    #74970
    Saumik Karfa
    Participant

    $\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{p-1} \frac 1k = 1+\frac 12 + \frac 13 + \ldots + \frac {1}{p-3}+\frac{1}{p-2}+\frac{1}{p-1}$

    $=(1+\frac {1}{p-1})+(\frac 12 +\frac 1{p-2})+(\frac 13 + \frac 1{p-3})+\ldots$

    $=\frac{p}{p-1}+\frac{p}{2(p-2)}+\frac{p}{3(p-3)}+\ldots$

    All numerators has $p$

    Then numerator of the sum will also have p

Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram