Positive Integer is Sum of Consecutive Positive Integers iff not Power of 2/Mistake/First Edition

Source Work

 * The Dictionary
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 * $2$

Mistake

 * An integer is the sum of a sequence of consecutive integers it is not a power of $2$.

The property stated holds only for positive integers.

For example, $-16$ cannot be so represented, but it is not a power of $2$ as such.

This mistake has been corrected in.