Squares, triangles, and octal
The Endeavour 2024-10-17
Summary:
I ran across the following theorem in Ross Honsberger’s book Mathematical Morsels: Every odd square ends in 1 in base 8, and if you cut off the 1 you have a triangular number. A number is an odd square if and only if it is the square of an odd number, so odd squares have […]
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