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Putnam 1999 A3

  • Session A

Consider the power series expansion 11−2x−x2=∑n=0∞anxn.\frac{1}{1-2x-x^2} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n x^n. Prove that, for each integer n≥0n\geq 0, there is an integer mm such that an2+an+12=am.a_n^2 + a_{n+1}^2 = a_m .

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