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BALKAN-SL 2017 A2

    Consider the sequence of rational numbers defned by x1=43x_{1}=\frac{4}{3} and xn+1=xn2xn2−xn+1,n≥1x_{n+1}=\frac{x_{n}^{2}}{x_{n}^{2}-x_{n}+1}, n \geq 1. Show that the numerator of the lowest term expression of each sum ∑k=1nxk\sum_{k=1}^{n} x_{k} is a perfect square.

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