The odd part of a positive integer is the unique odd positive integer obtained by repeatedly dividing by two. The process terminates because the positive integers decrease. If with odd, then would make even and would make even; hence and . Two positive integers have the same odd part exactly when their ratio is an integral power of two. The odd positive integers therefore give representatives for the resulting equivalence classes.

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