I am floored again

Let m m and n n be positive integers such that gcd ( m , n ) = 1 \textrm{gcd}(m,n)=1 . Further suppose that m m is even and n n is odd. Then what is the value of: 1 2 n + k = 1 n 1 [ ( 1 ) m k n { m k n } ] \frac{1}{2n} + \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \left [ (-1)^{ \lfloor\frac{mk}{n}\rfloor} \left\{ \frac{mk}{n}\right\} \right]

Details and Assumptions :

  • { m k n } \left\{\frac{mk}{n}\right\} denotes the fractional part of m k n \frac{mk}{n} .

  • x \lfloor x \rfloor denotes the greatest integer x \leq x .

Remark:This problem is taken from a previous I.M.O Team Selection Test.


The answer is 0.5.

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Chandrasekhar S
Jun 6, 2015

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