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Putnam 2012 B4

  • Session B

Suppose that a0=1a_0 = 1 and that an+1=an+e−ana_{n+1} = a_n + e^{-a_n} for n=0,1,2,…n=0,1,2,\dots. Does an−log⁡na_n - \log n have a finite limit as n→∞n \to \infty? (Here log⁡n=log⁡en=ln⁡n\log n = \log_e n = \ln n.)

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