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A3
Putnam 1949 A3
Putnam 1949 A3
Source: Putnam 1949
March 20, 2022
Putnam
complex numbers
series
Problem Statement
Assume that the complex numbers
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
a_1 , a_2, \ldots
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
are all different from
0
0
0
, and that
∣
a
r
−
a
s
∣
>
1
|a_r - a_s| >1
∣
a
r
−
a
s
∣
>
1
for
r
≠
s
.
r\ne s.
r
=
s
.
Show that the series
∑
n
=
1
∞
1
a
n
3
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{a_{n}^{3}}
n
=
1
∑
∞
a
n
3
1
converges.
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