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Putnam 1956 B6

  • Session B

Given T1=2,Tn+1=Tn2−Tn+1T_1 =2, T_{n+1}= T_{n}^{2} -T_n +1 for n>0.n>0. Prove:

(i) If m≠n,m \ne n, TmT_m and TnT_n have no common factor greater than 1.1. (ii) ∑i=1∞1Ti=1.\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{T_i }=1.

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