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ÖMO 2001

Austrian Mathematical Olympiad 2001.

Other problems

Problem 4

Let Ao={1,2}A_o =\{1, 2\} and for n>0,Ann> 0, A_n results from An−1A_{n-1} by adding the natural numbers to An−1A_{n-1} which can be represented as the sum of two different numbers from An−1A_{n-1} . Let an=∣An∣a_n = |A_n | be the number of numbers in AnA_n . Determine ana_n as a function of nn .