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HMMT 2020 U27

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Let {ai}i≥0\left\{a_{i}\right\}_{i \geq 0} be a sequence of real numbers defined by

an+1=an2−122020⋅2n−1a_{n+1}=a_{n}^{2}-\frac{1}{2^{2020 \cdot 2^{n}-1}}

for n≥0n \geq 0. Determine the largest value for a0a_{0} such that {ai}i≥0\left\{a_{i}\right\}_{i \geq 0} is bounded.

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1+\frac{1}{2^{2020}}

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