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[hide]Problem
Let , where denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to . How many distinct values does assume for ?
Solution 1
Since , we have
The function can then be simplified into
which becomes
We can see that for each value of , can equal integers from to .
Clearly, the value of changes only when is equal to any of the fractions .
So we want to count how many distinct fractions less than have the form where . Explanation for this is provided below. We can find this easily by computing
where is the Euler Totient Function. Basically counts the number of fractions with as its denominator (after simplification). This comes out to be .
Because the value of is at least and can increase times, there are a total of different possible values of .
Explanation:
Arrange all such fractions in increasing order and take a current to study. Let denote the previous fraction in the list and ( for each ) be the largest so that . Since , we clearly have all . Therefore, the change must be nonnegative.
But among all numerators coprime to so far, is the largest. Therefore, choosing as increases the value . Since the overall change in is positive as fractions increase, we deduce that all such fractions correspond to different values of the function.
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Supplement
Here are all the distinct and
When , .
When , , .
When , , .
When , , , , .
When , , .
When , , , , , , .
When , , , , .
When , , , , , , .
When , , , , .
~isabelchen
Solution 2
so we have Clearly, the value of changes only when is equal to any of the fractions . To get all the fractions,graphing this function gives us different fractions. But on average, in each of the intervals don’t work. This means there are a total of different possible values of .
Solution 3 (Casework)
Solution is abstract. In this solution I will give a concrete explanation.
WLOG, for example, when increases from to , will increase from to , will increase from to , will increase from to . In total, will increase by . Because , these numbers are actually distinct number to cause to change. In general, when increases from to , will increse from to if is an integer, and the value of will change. So the total number of distinct values could take is equal to the number of distinct values of , where and .
Solution uses Euler Totient Function to count the distinct number of , I am going to use casework to count the distinct values of by not counting the duplicate ones.
When , , , ,
When , , , ,
When , , , , ( is duplicate)
When , , , ,
When , , ( , , and is duplicate)
When , , , , all the is duplicate.
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~isabelchen
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXJrdDtZNbw
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