They are all 1 more than a multiple of 4.
In roster notation they are:
{1,5,9,13,17,...}
0 1 2 3 4
4)1 4)5 4)9 4)13 4)17
0 4 8 12 16
1 1 1 1 1
So you see, when we divide by 4, the remainder is always 1.
So we take 4k, where k is a whole number, and then add 1
to it.
So the set is the numbers n of the form 4k+1, where k
is any whole number:
The set-builder notation is
{n | n=4k+1, k is a whole number}
The whole numbers are 0,1,2,3,4,...
Edwin