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Appendix: The floor and the ceiling


Thefloorof a real numberxis the greatest integer not exceedingx:^1


x:= max{n∈Z:n≤x}.
On the other hand, theceilingofxis the least integer not exceeded
byx:
x:= min{n∈Z:n≥x}.
Ifxis not a half-integer, we denote by{x}the integernearestx.


Project


Find all integersnfor which



ndividesn.
How about


ndividingn?

(^1) It is sometimes called the greatest integer function ofxand denoted by[x].

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