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Putnam 1979 A3

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Problem A-3 Let x1,x2,x3,…x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3}, \ldots be a sequence of nonzero real numbers satisfying xn=xn−2xn−12xn−2−xn−1 for n=3,4,5,…x_{n}=\frac{x_{n-2} x_{n-1}}{2 x_{n-2}-x_{n-1}} \text { for } n=3,4,5, \ldots

Establish necessary and sufficient conditions on x1x_{1} and x2x_{2} for xnx_{n} to be an integer for infinitely many values of nn.

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