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Putnam 1985 A4

  • Session A

Define a sequence {ai}\{a_i\} by a1=3a_1=3 and ai+1=3aia_{i+1}=3^{a_i} for i≥1i\geq 1. Which integers between 00 and 99 inclusive occur as the last two digits in the decimal expansion of infinitely many aia_i?

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