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Putnam 1999 A6

  • Session A

The sequence (an)n≥1(a_n)_{n\geq 1} is defined by a1=1,a2=2,a3=24,a_1=1, a_2=2, a_3=24, and, for n≥4n\geq 4, an=6an−12an−3−8an−1an−22an−2an−3.a_n = \frac{6a_{n-1}^2a_{n-3} - 8a_{n-1}a_{n-2}^2}{a_{n-2}a_{n-3}}. Show that, for all n, ana_n is an integer multiple of nn.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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