Find an integral solution of the equation
(Note stands for the greatest integer less than or equal to .)
Solution
The answer is .
Clearly, the answer should not be an integer greater than . Hence we may remove the last terms on the left-hand side of the equation.
Next, we may assume that , where are nonnegative integers and .
Substituting into the original equation gives
Since , we have . This gives . Then we have
Similarly, we find that . Hence,
is the only solution.
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