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Turkey NMO 1999, P-4, find all sequences of real numbers

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December 23, 2010
algebra proposedalgebra

Problem Statement

Find all sequences a1,a2,...,a2000{{a}_{1}},{{a}_{2}},...,{{a}_{2000}} of real numbers such that n=12000an=1999\sum\limits_{n=1}^{2000}{{{a}_{n}}=1999} and such that 12<an<1\frac{1}{2}<{{a}_{n}}<1 and an+1=an(2an){{a}_{n+1}}={{a}_{n}}(2-{{a}_{n}}) for all n1n\ge 1.