Proving: 2003 Is a Product of Natural Numbers

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The discussion proves that the expression $1 \times 3 \times 5 \times \ldots \times 1999 \times 2001 + 2 \times 4 \times 6 \times \ldots \times 2000 \times 2002$ is a multiple of 2003. The second part of the expression can be rewritten as $(2003-1)(2003-3)\ldots(2003-2001)$, demonstrating that every term in the expansion contains 2003, except for the last term, which is $(1 \times 3 \times 5 \ldots \times 2001)(-1)^{1001}$. This last term is negative and cancels out the first part of the expression, confirming that 2003 divides every term, thus proving the statement definitively.

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$prove :1\times 3\times 5\times---\times 1999\times 2001
+2\times 4\times 6\times---\times 2000\times 2002$
is a multiple of 2003
 
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the second part can be written as
(2003-1)(2003-3)...(2003-2001) hence every term in the expansion contains 2003 exept the last term that is (1*3*5*...2001)(-1)^1001 hence it is negative and it cancel's out the first part of the question and hence 2003 divides every term ..
hence proved:D
 
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