Find a real number $ \ x \ $ such that $ \ \left[ \frac{\large [x]}{2}\right] \neq \left[ \frac{x}{2}\right] $

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Find a real number $x$ such that $\left[ \frac{\large [x]}{2}\right] \neq \left[ \frac{x}{2}\right] $ and a real number $y$ such that $\left[ \frac{\large [y]}{2}\right] \neq \left[ \frac{y}{2}\right] $, where $ \ [z] \ $ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $z$.

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I see that for all real numbers $x$, we have

$$ \left[ \frac{\large [x]}{2}\right]=\left[ \frac{x}{2}\right] \ $$ holds.

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Case 1: $[x]= 2k + 1$ is odd. Then $2k + 1 \le x < 2k + 2$ and and $k < k + \frac 12 \le \frac x2 < k + 1$ so $[\frac x2] = k$. And $\frac {[x]}2 = k +\frac 12$ and so $[\frac {[x]}2] = k = [\frac x2]$.

Case 2: $[x] = 2k$ is even. Then $2k \le x < 2k + 1$ and $k \le \frac x2 < k +\frac 12< k+1$ so $[\frac x2] = k$. And $\frac {[x]}2 = k$ and so $[\frac {[x]}2] = k = [\frac x2]$.

So such a number does not exist.