grandes-ecoles 2019 Q18

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__official Sequences and Series Evaluation of a Finite or Infinite Sum
We denote $\pi_k(x) = \frac{\lfloor 2^k x \rfloor}{2^k}$.
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^{\star}$ and $x = \sum_{j=1}^{n} \frac{x_j}{2^j}$ with $(x_j)_{j \in \llbracket 1,n \rrbracket} \in \{0,1\}^n$. Show $$\forall k \in \mathbb{N}, \quad \pi_k(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{\min(n,k)} \frac{x_j}{2^j}.$$
We denote $\pi_k(x) = \frac{\lfloor 2^k x \rfloor}{2^k}$.

Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^{\star}$ and $x = \sum_{j=1}^{n} \frac{x_j}{2^j}$ with $(x_j)_{j \in \llbracket 1,n \rrbracket} \in \{0,1\}^n$. Show
$$\forall k \in \mathbb{N}, \quad \pi_k(x) = \sum_{j=1}^{\min(n,k)} \frac{x_j}{2^j}.$$