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HMMT 2003 U38

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Given are real numbers x,yx, y. For any pair of real numbers a0,a1a_{0}, a_{1}, define a sequence by an+2=xan+1+yana_{n+2}=x a_{n+1}+y a_{n} for n≥0n \geq 0. Suppose that there exists a fixed nonnegative integer mm such that, for every choice of a0a_{0} and a1a_{1}, the numbers am,am+1,am+3a_{m}, a_{m+1}, a_{m+3}, in this order, form an arithmetic progression. Find all possible values of yy.

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0,1,\frac{1 \pm \sqrt{5}}{2}

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