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ISL 1994 N4

Define the sequences an,bn,cna_n, b_n, c_n as follows. a0=k,b0=4,c0=1a_0 = k, b_0 = 4, c_0 = 1 . If ana_n is even then an+1=an2a_{n + 1} = \frac {a_n}{2} , bn+1=2bnb_{n + 1} = 2b_n , cn+1=cnc_{n + 1} = c_n . If ana_n is odd, then an+1=an−bn2−cna_{n + 1} = a_n - \frac {b_n}{2} - c_n , bn+1=bnb_{n + 1} = b_n , cn+1=bn+cnc_{n + 1} = b_n + c_n . Find the number of positive integers k<1995k < 1995 such that some an=0a_n = 0 .

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