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NMC 2006 Problem 3

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A sequence of positive integers {an}\left\{a_{n}\right\} is given by

a0=m and an+1=an5+487a_{0}=m \text { and } a_{n+1}=a_{n}^{5}+487

for all n≥0n \geq 0. Determine all values of mm for which the sequence contains as many square numbers as possible.

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