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Putnam 1994 B4

  • Session B

For n≥1n \geq 1, let dnd_n be the greatest common divisor of the entries of An−IA^n - I, where A=(3243) and I=(1001).A = \begin{pmatrix} 3 & 2 \\ 4 & 3 \end{pmatrix} \text{ and } I = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}. Show that lim⁡n→∞dn=∞\lim_{n \to \infty} d_n = \infty.

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