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Putnam 2022 A3

  • Session A

Let pp be a prime number greater than 5. Let f(p)f(p) denote the number of infinite sequences a1,a2,a3,…a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots such that an∈{1,2,…,p−1}a_n \in \{1, 2, \dots, p-1\} and anan+2≡1+an+1(modp)a_n a_{n+2} \equiv 1 + a_{n+1} \pmod{p} for all n≥1n \geq 1. Prove that f(p)f(p) is congruent to 0 or 2 (mod5)\pmod{5}.

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