Am I completely mistake or is it suppose to say $n^2$ is a multiple of 2 and therefore $n$ must be a multiple of 4?
This is from MIT's Mathematics for Computer Science
Am I completely mistake or is it suppose to say $n^2$ is a multiple of 2 and therefore $n$ must be a multiple of 4?
This is from MIT's Mathematics for Computer Science
No, it is correct. The point is that $2d^2=n^2$ implies $n^2$ is even, and only even numbers square to give an even number, so $n$ much be even, so $n^2$ is then actually a multiple of $4$.