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China integral sequence built by three rules

Source: China TST 1997, problem 3

May 22, 2005
calculusintegrationalgebra unsolvedalgebra

Problem Statement

Prove that there exists mNm \in \mathbb{N} such that there exists an integral sequence {an}\lbrace a_n \rbrace which satisfies: I. a0=1,a1=337a_0 = 1, a_1 = 337; II. (an+1an1an2)+34(an+1+an12an)=m,(a_{n + 1} a_{n - 1} - a_n^2) + \frac{3}{4}(a_{n + 1} + a_{n - 1} - 2a_n) = m, \forall n1n \geq 1; III. 16(an+1)(2an+1)\frac{1}{6}(a_n + 1)(2a_n + 1) is a perfect square \forall n1n \geq 1.