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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: Re: simple number puzzle
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.071152.14123@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
  6. Organization: Stanford University CSLI
  7. References: <1992Dec21.195038.28106@Csli.Stanford.EDU>
  8. Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:11:52 GMT
  9. Lines: 14
  10.  
  11. In article <1992Dec21.195038.28106@Csli.Stanford.EDU> I wrote:
  12. >What positive integer cannot be expressed as a sum of 2 or more
  13. >consecutive integers?
  14. >
  15. >More specifically, given a positive integer, how many ways can it
  16. >be expressed as a sum of 2 or more consecutive [positive] integers
  17. >(including none)?
  18.  
  19.  
  20. Sorry again, as pointed out by some people, all "integers" should be
  21. read as "positive integers" (i.e. natural numbers).
  22. Thanks.
  23.  
  24. -YH
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