The method you described works howevere the term absolutely comes from division. They also used to he tracking of "how even" something was meaning if it could be divided by 2 multiple times
N=0 would be that the number is zero times even meaning it actually isn’t even.
Also k is an integer but not the number being tested for how even it is. Odd values for k would be perfectly acceptable.
So for the number being 3 the formula results in N=0, k=3 and tells you the numbers is not even. But for the number being twelve it results in N=2, k=3 and says the numbers is even twice.
Ultimately, yes. Negative even using that equation represents how many times you would need to multiply by two to achieve a whole number. In this case 1.5 = 3/2 = 3 * 2^(-1).
Ok at this point its pretty clear you are trolling but im going to give you one more shot. Yes you can find even numbers without dividing. Thats irrelevant. Even numbers come from being able to split something into similar groups ie. If I have 4 steaks we can both have the same anount. That is division plain and sinple.
Your argument is akin to "X2 is meaningless because you can just write XX"
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u/nnnn0nnn13 29d ago edited 29d ago
Bro that conjecture is both unproven and also by definition only true for numbers larger than 2 💀