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USAJMO 2011 Problem 4

  • Day 2

A word is defined as any finite string of letters. A word is a palindrome if it reads the same backwards and forwards. Let a sequence of words W0,W1,W2,...W_0, W_1, W_2,... be defined as follows: W0=a,W1=bW_0 = a, W_1 = b , and for n≥2n \ge 2 , WnW_n is the word formed by writing Wn−2W_{n-2} followed by Wn−1W_{n-1} . Prove that for any n≥1n \ge 1 , the word formed by writing W1,W2,W3,...,WnW_1, W_2, W_3,..., W_n in succession is a palindrome.

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