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How many integral solution(s) of the equation x 2 = 2 x \lfloor x\rfloor^2=2^x ?

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  • x \lfloor x \rfloor is the greatest integer less than or equal to x x .

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finite but more than 2 2 2 2 1 1 infinitely many

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Since ~\lfloor x\rfloor~ is~ an~ integer,~ 2^x~must~be~also~an~integer.\therefore x\in~{\Large Z} \\\text{Since RHS is power of 2, LHS also must be multiple of 2 ONLY.}\\Let~k~\in~{\Large Z}^+ \text{ So x=2^k. Thus the equality becomes } (2^k)^2={\large 2^{2^k} } \\\therefore \text{equation is true only iff } 2k=2^k.\\\text{ONLY possible for } k=1~~and~~k=2.~~~\implies~~ x=2~~ or~~ 4.\\ \text{Putting floor on x does not seem to be of any use. }

Since we have to look for the integral solutions, x = x \lfloor x\rfloor = x . Hence we have to find the number of solutions to x 2 = 2 x \displaystyle x^2 = 2^x .

The graphs give the only solutions to be x = 2 , 4 \boxed{x= 2, 4}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 31, 2015

A graphs of x 2 \lfloor x \rfloor ^2 and 2 x 2^x for integer values of x x is plotted and shown above. It can be seen that there are 2 \boxed{2} integer solutions, when x = 2 x=2 and x = 4 x=4 .

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