Define as the double factorial. If is expressed as a fraction in lowest terms, its denominator is with odd. Find .
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The "last" term of this sum is 4 0 1 8 ! ! 4 0 1 7 ! ! = 4 0 1 8 ∗ 4 0 1 6 ∗ 4 0 1 4 ∗ . . . . ∗ 4 ∗ 2 4 0 1 7 ∗ 4 0 1 5 ∗ 4 0 1 3 ∗ . . . . ∗ 3 ∗ 1 .
When we reduce this fraction, for the denominator we will be left with all powers of 2 extracted from the terms in the denominator, as all the odd powers from these terms will be cancelled out by "matching" terms in the numerator. So the denominator will be 2 raised to the power
k = 1 ∑ 1 1 ⌊ 2 k 4 0 1 8 ⌋ = 4 0 1 0 .
All other terms in the original sum can be treated in the same way, with denominators of the form 2 m for m < 4 0 1 0 . Thus when we add all the terms together the least common denominator will be 2 4 0 1 0 , and so
1 0 a b = 1 0 4 0 1 0 ∗ 1 = 4 0 1 .