HMMT 2004 U36
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For a string of 's and 's, the value is defined to be the product of the positions of the 's. For example, the string has value . Also, a string is called antipalindromic if writing it backwards, then turning all the 's into 's and vice versa, produces the original string. For example, is antipalindromic. There are antipalindromic strings of length 2004. Find the sum of the reciprocals of their values.
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\frac{2005^{1002}}{2004!}
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