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  1. Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!Csli!hiraga
  3. From: hiraga@Csli.Stanford.EDU (Yuzuru Hiraga)
  4. Subject: simple number puzzle
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.195038.28106@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
  6. Organization: Stanford University CSLI
  7. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:50:38 GMT
  8. Lines: 9
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  10. A simple number puzzle for Christmas...
  11. # sorry if this is in the FAQ: ours just expired.
  12.  
  13. What positive integer cannot be expressed as a sum of 2 or more
  14. consecutive integers?
  15.  
  16. More specifically, given a positive integer, how many ways can it
  17. be expressed as a sum of 2 or more consecutive [positive] integers
  18. (including none)?
  19.