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Putnam 2001 B4

  • Session B

Let SS denote the set of rational numbers different from {−1,0,1}\{-1,0,1\}. Define f:S→Sf:S\rightarrow S by f(x)=x−1/xf(x)=x-1/x. Prove or disprove that ⋂n=1∞f(n)(S)=∅,\bigcap_{n=1}^\infty f^{(n)}(S) = \emptyset, where f(n)f^{(n)} denotes ff composed with itself nn times.

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