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Putnam 1992 A5

  • Session A

For each positive integer nn, let an=0a_n = 0 (or 1) if the number of 1's in the binary representation of nn is even (or odd), respectively. Show that there do not exist positive integers kk and mm such that ak+j=ak+m+j=ak+2m+j,a_{k+j} = a_{k+m+j} = a_{k+2m+j}, for 0≤j≤m−10 \leq j \leq m-1.

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