I am not considering ( n ! ) ! (n!)! .

1 ! ! + 1 1!! + 1 is even.

3 ! ! + 1 3!! +1 is even.

5 ! ! + 1 5!! + 1 is even.

7 ! ! + 1 7!! +1 is even.

9 ! ! + 1 9!! +1 is even.

Is it true that n ! ! + 1 n!! + 1 is always an even number for all positive odd integers n ? n?

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Munem Shahriar
Dec 19, 2017

If n n is odd. n ! ! n!! will only contain odd integers.

That means n ! ! n!! is odd. In the other hand, 1 is also an odd integer. We know that the sum two odd integers is always even.

Hence we can say that n ! ! + 1 n!! +1 will be always even for all positive odd integers n n .

Stephen Brown
Dec 19, 2017

n ! ! n!! is known as the double factorial and is the product of every other integer decreasing all the way down to 1. For instance, 7 ! ! = 7 × 5 × 3 × 1 = 105 7!!=7\times5\times3\times1=105 . For an odd integer n n , n ! ! n!! will always be a product of odd integers, and therefore odd itself; adding 1 1 will always make an even integer.

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