Sum of floor equation

Algebra Level 5

If equation below has solution, find sum of all possible n N n\in\mathbb{N} .

j = 1 n ( 2 n 2 + 8 ) x 2 + ( 2 2 j 1 ) x + 6 j 2 2 j = 19 n 16 \sum_{j=1}^n \left\lfloor (2n^2+8)x^2+(2\sqrt{2}j-1)x+6j^2-2j \right\rfloor =19n-16

Notation: \left\lfloor \cdot \right\rfloor denotes the floor function .


The answer is 3.

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1 solution

Haosen Chen
Jan 19, 2020

For 1 j n 1\le j\le n , we have ( 2 n 2 + 8 ) x 2 + ( 2 2 j 1 ) x + 6 j 2 2 j 6 j 2 2 j ( 2 2 j 1 ) 2 4 ( 2 n 2 + 8 ) 6 j 2 2 j 1 3 (2n^2+8)x^2+(2\sqrt{2}j-1)x+6j^2-2j\ge 6j^2-2j-\frac{(2\sqrt{2}j-1)^2}{4(2n^2+8)}\ge 6j^2-2j-1\ge 3 . Then 19 n 16 = j = 1 n ( 2 n 2 + 8 ) x 2 + ( 2 2 j 1 ) x + 6 j 2 2 j j = 1 n ( 6 j 2 2 j 1 ) = 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 n ( n + 1 ) n = 2 n 2 ( n + 1 ) n \displaystyle 19n-16=\sum_{j=1}^{n}\lfloor{ (2n^2+8)x^2+(2\sqrt{2}j-1)x+6j^2-2j} \rfloor \ge \sum_{j=1}^{n}(6j^2-2j-1)=6\cdot\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6}-n(n+1)-n=2n^2(n+1)-n ,

which implies ( n 1 ) ( n 2 ) ( n + 4 ) 0 (n-1)(n-2)(n+4)\le 0 .Therefore the only possible n's are 1 and 2.

For n = 1 , x = 0.1 n=1,x=-0.1 is a solution. For n = 2 , x = 0.1 n=2,x=-0.1 is a solution.

So the answer is 1 + 2 = 3 1+2=3 .

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