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(China) National High School Mathematics League
2006 China Second Round Olympiad
2
a recursive sequence concerning Fibonacci
a recursive sequence concerning Fibonacci
Source: China second round 2006 p2
March 10, 2012
algebra unsolved
algebra
Problem Statement
Let
x
,
y
x,y
x
,
y
be real numbers. Define a sequence
{
a
n
}
\{a_n \}
{
a
n
}
through the recursive formula
a
0
=
x
,
a
1
=
y
,
a
n
+
1
=
a
n
a
n
−
1
+
1
a
n
+
a
n
−
1
,
a_0=x,a_1=y,a_{n+1}=\frac{a_na_{n-1}+1}{a_n+a_{n-1}},
a
0
=
x
,
a
1
=
y
,
a
n
+
1
=
a
n
+
a
n
−
1
a
n
a
n
−
1
+
1
,
Find
a
n
a_n
a
n
.
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