please, know somebody solution for this argument?
Prove, that for each odd $m > 2$, it is true that $$\sum_{k=1}^{m-1} k \equiv 0 \pmod m$$
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please, know somebody solution for this argument?
Prove, that for each odd $m > 2$, it is true that $$\sum_{k=1}^{m-1} k \equiv 0 \pmod m$$
Thanks for yours answers!
$$\sum_{k=1}^{m-1} k = \frac{(m-1)m}{2}$$
Note that if $m$ is odd, then $m-1$ is an even integer, which means we can write $\frac{(m-1)m}{2} = am$ for some integer $a$. And $am \equiv 0 \bmod{m}$ by inspection.