Numbers on circle
Source: St Petersburg Olympiad 2008, Grade 11, P4
August 30, 2017
number theory
Problem Statement
There are numbers on circle, and no one number is divided by other. In same time for all numbers we make next operation:
If are two neighbors ( is left neighbor) , then we write between number and erase
This operation was repeated some times. What maximum number of we can receive ?Example: If we have circle with numbers then after operation we receive circle with numbers .