China Mathematical Olympiad 1990 problem2
Source: China Mathematical Olympiad 1990 problem2
October 18, 2013
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Problem Statement
Let be a natural number. We call a factor link of if the sequence satisfies the following conditions:
(1) ;
(2) .
Meanwhile, we define as the length of the factor link . Denote by and the length and the number of the longest factor link of respectively. For , where are natural numbers, find the value of and .