2021 EGMO P6: floor(m/1) + ... + floor(m/m) = n^2 + a
Source: 2021 EGMO P6
April 13, 2021
EGMO 2021number theoryEGMOasymptoticsalgebraequationcounting
Problem Statement
Does there exist a nonnegative integer for which the equation
has more than one million different solutions where and are positive integers?The expression denotes the integer part (or floor) of the real number . Thus and .