Friday, May 29, 2015

Indian Statistical Institute B.Math & B.Stat : Number Theory

Indian Statistical Institute B.Math & B.Stat Find the sum of all even positive divisors of $1000$. $$$$ \( 1000 = 2^3 \times 5^3 \). Now any even divisor of $1000$ must contain a factor of the form $2^j$ where $j \in \{1,2,3\}$. We note that $2$ and $5$ are the only prime factors of $1000$ , so a even factor must be of the form $2^j\times 5^i$ where $j \in \{1,2,3\}$ and $i \in \{0,1,2,3\}$. $$$$ So the required sum is \( \sum_{j=0}^{3} \sum_{i=1}^{3} 2^i \times 5^j =\sum_{j=0}^{3} 14 \times 5^j = 14 \times \frac{5^4-1}{5-1} = 2184\)

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