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Product of Sum and Product (Posted on 2012-06-21) |
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Let {an} be a sequence of real numbers defined by
a0 ∉ {0,1},
a1 = 1 - a0, and
an+1 = 1 - an(1 - an) for all n ≥ 1.
Let Pn and Sn be defined by
Pn = a0a1a2
··· an and
Sn = 1/a0 + 1/a1 + 1/a2 +
··· + 1/an
for all n ≥ 0.
Prove the following
PnSn = 1 for all n ≥ 0.
Solution
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First we rearrange the formula to:
a_{n+1}=a_n^2-a_n+1
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