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Putnam 1985 A3

  • Session A

Let dd be a real number. For each integer m≥0m \geq 0, define a sequence {am(j)}\{a_m(j)\}, j=0,1,2,…j=0,1,2,\dots by the condition

am(0)=d/2m,am(j+1)=(am(j))2+2am(j),j≥0.\begin{aligned}a_m(0) &= d/2^m, \\ a_m(j+1) &= (a_m(j))^2 + 2a_m(j), j \geq 0.\end{aligned}

Evaluate lim⁡n→∞an(n)\lim_{n \to \infty} a_n(n).

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