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Putnam 2004 A3

  • Session A

Define a sequence {un}n=0∞\{ u_n \}_{n=0}^\infty by u0=u1=u2=1u_0 = u_1 = u_2 = 1, and thereafter by the condition that det⁡(unun+1un+2un+3)=n!\det\begin{pmatrix} u_n & u_{n+1}\\ u_{n+2} & u_{n+3} \end{pmatrix} = n! for all n≥0n \ge 0. Show that unu_n is an integer for all nn. (By convention, 0!=10! = 1.)

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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