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HMMT 2018 T7

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Let [n][n] denote the set of integers {1,2,…,n}\{1,2, \ldots, n\}. We randomly choose a function f:[n]→[n]f:[n] \rightarrow[n], out of the nnn^{n} possible functions. We also choose an integer aa uniformly at random from [n][n]. Find the probability that there exist positive integers b,c≥1b, c \geq 1 such that fb(1)=af^{b}(1)=a and fc(a)=1f^{c}(a)=1. (fk(x)\left(f^{k}(x)\right. denotes the result of applying ff to xkx k times).

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