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UA-UMO 1998 Problem 116

  • Grade 11

The numbers 1,1998,19991,1998,1999 are written on the board. In each step it is allowed to replace one of the numbers by its square decreased by three times the product of the other two numbers. Is it possible to obtain three numbers with the sum 00 after several steps?

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