Find the geometric mean of the positive divisors of 2524921.
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Nice question (and nice answer too! it provides a very handy trick). Here's a simple proof found out by me.
Product of the divisors of n can be found out as n 2 τ ( n ) where τ ( n ) refers to the number of divisors of a number n . Here's a nice proof by Calvin Lin on Stack Exchange.
Let the number of divisors be d . So the product of the divisors of n can be written as n 2 d . We know that product of d integers is n 2 d . Hence the geometric mean is d th root of the number.
The d th root is -
= d n 2 d = n 2 d d = n 2 1 = n
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Great, glad to know you liked the problem :)
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@Swapnil Das – Here's a weird coincidence - I also posted a problem some time ago named 'Tis the season on number theory some time ago. Effects of Google :p
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@Arulx Z – Oh, there have been many, because It is the season :)
Good one !!
nice trick! did the same way .. but.. got the proof for that?
The divisors of a number n come in pairs: if d is a divisor, so is n / d . Only if the number is a perfect square and d = n , the numbers d and n / d are equal; that will not affect our conclusion.
The geometric average of each pair { d , n / d } is d ⋅ n / d = n .
Therefore the geometric average of all divisors is the average of a bunch of n 's, which is of course n .
Having established this in general, we now apply this to the given number: the answer is 2 5 2 4 9 2 1 = 1 5 8 9 .
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Big number, isn't it?
No need to worry, I've got a nice trick for you!
Statement: The geometric mean of the positive divisors of n equal to n .
Thus, the geometric mean of the positive divisors of 2 5 2 4 9 2 1 is 1 5 8 9 .