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Apostol & floor function problem
Thanks for the responses. The conditions are that a and b are positive integers, and that they are coprime. Sorry for not stating that at the outset.- HamishMc
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Apostol & floor function problem
Hi, I'm working through some questions in Apostol's Calculus text (vol. 1). The problem is with ex. 7 on p.64. Here, he states that "by changing the index of summation, note that [tex]\sum_{n=a}^{b-1} [\frac{na}{b}] = \sum_{n=a}^{b-1} [\frac{a(b-n)}{b}][\tex] " I'm comfortable with...- HamishMc
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