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Product of Sum and Product (Posted on 2012-06-21) Difficulty: 3 of 5


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.

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Solution Solution | Comment 1 of 2

First we rearrange the formula to:

a_{n+1}=a_n^2-a_n+1




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