SOLUTION: Let f be the function which associates to an integer n the number 1 if n is even, and -1 if n is odd Find the following: f(2), f(3), f(145), f(-5), f(0). Can you find a formula fo

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Question 1029982: Let f be the function which associates to an integer n the number 1 if n is even, and -1 if n is odd
Find the following: f(2), f(3), f(145), f(-5), f(0). Can you find a formula for f?
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2 and 0 are even. The rest are odd.



or



where returns the remainder of the integer quotient of divided by .

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it