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Putnam 1949 B6

  • Session B

Let CC be a closed convex curve with a continuously turning tangent and let OO be a point inside C.C. For each point PP on CC we define T(P)T(P) as follows: Draw the tangent to CC at PP and from OO drop the perpendicular to that tangent. Then T(P)T(P) is the point at which CC intersects this perpendicular. Starting now with a point P0P_{0} on CC , define points PnP_n by Pn=T(Pn−1).P_n =T(P_{n-1}). Prove that the points PnP_{n} approach a limit and characterize all possible limit points. (You may assume that TT is continuous.)

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