Found problems: 1239
The sequence $(x_n)$ is defined as follows:
$$x_0=2,\, x_1=1,\, x_{n+2}=x_{n+1}+x_n$$
for every non-negative integer $n$.
a. For each $n\geq 1$, prove that $x_n$ is a prime number only if $n$ is a prime number or $n$ has no odd prime divisors
b. Find all non-negative pairs of integers $(m,n)$ such that $x_m|x_n$.
The function $f(x)=x^2+ \sin x$ and the sequence of positive numbers $\{ a_n \}$ satisfy $a_1=1$, $f(a_n)=a_{n-1}$, where $n \geq 2$. Prove that there exists a positive integer $n$ such that $a_1+a_2+ \dots + a_n > 2020$.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that for any natural numbers $ n, $ the inequality
$$ e^{2-1/n} >\prod_{k=1}^n (1+1/k^2) $$
holds.
[b]b)[/b] Prove that the sequence $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ with $ a_1=1 $ and defined by the recursive relation $ a_{n+1}=\frac{2}{n^2}\sum_{k=1}^n ka_k $ is nondecreasing. Is it convergent?
A positive integer \( r \) is given, find the largest real number \( C \) such that there exists a geometric sequence $\{ a_n \}_{n\ge 1}$ with common ratio \( r \) satisfying
$$
\| a_n \| \ge C
$$
for all positive integers \( n \). Here, $\| x \|$ denotes the distance from the real number \( x \) to the nearest integer.
A numerical sequence is called lusophone if it satisfies the following three conditions:
i) The first term of the sequence is number $1$.
ii) To obtain the next term of the sequence we can multiply the previous term by a positive prime number ($2,3,5,7,11, ...$) or add $1$.
(iii) The last term of the sequence is the number $2016$.
For example: $1\overset{{\times 11}}{\to}11 \overset{{\times 61}}{\to} 671 \overset{{+1}}{\to}672 \overset{{\times 3}}{\to}2016$
How many Lusophone sequences exist in which (as in the example above) the add $1$ operation was used exactly once and not multiplied twice by the same prime number?
Let $p>3$ and $p+2$ are prime numbers,and define sequence
$$a_{1}=2,a_{n}=a_{n-1}+\lfloor \dfrac{pa_{n-1}}{n}\rfloor$$
show that:for any $n=3,4,\cdots,p-1$ have $$n|pa_{n-1}+1$$
Determine all sequences $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots$ of nonnegative integers such that $a_1 < a_2 < a_3 < \dots$ and $a_n$ divides $a_{n - 1} + n$ for all $n \geq 2$.
Let $n > 3$ be a positive integer. Find all integers $k$ such that $1 \le k \le n$ and for
which the following property holds:
If $x_1, . . . , x_n$ are $n$ real numbers such that $x_i + x_{i + 1} + ... + x_{i + k - 1} = 0$ for all integers $i > 1$ (indexes are taken modulo $n$), then $x_1 = . . . = x_n = 0$.
Proposed by [i]Vincent Jugé and Théo Lenoir, France[/i]
For a sequence of integers $a_1,a_2,a_3,...$ with $0<a_1<a_2<a_3<...$ applies:
$$a_n=4a_{n-1}-a_{n-2} \,\,\, for \,\,\, n > 2$$
It is further given that $a_4 = 194$. Calculate $a_5$.
A sequence of real numbers $ a_{0},\ a_{1},\ a_{2},\dots$ is defined by the formula
\[ a_{i \plus{} 1} \equal{} \left\lfloor a_{i}\right\rfloor\cdot \left\langle a_{i}\right\rangle\qquad\text{for}\quad i\geq 0;
\]here $a_0$ is an arbitrary real number, $\lfloor a_i\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer not exceeding $a_i$, and $\left\langle a_i\right\rangle=a_i-\lfloor a_i\rfloor$. Prove that $a_i=a_{i+2}$ for $i$ sufficiently large.
[i]Proposed by Harmel Nestra, Estionia[/i]
For any odd prime $p$ and any integer $n,$ let $d_p (n) \in \{ 0,1, \dots, p-1 \}$ denote the remainder when $n$ is divided by $p.$ We say that $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ is a [i]p-sequence[/i], if $a_0$ is a positive integer coprime to $p,$ and $a_{n+1} =a_n + d_p (a_n)$ for $n \geqslant 0.$
(a) Do there exist infinitely many primes $p$ for which there exist $p$-sequences $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ and $(b_0, b_1, b_2, \dots)$ such that $a_n >b_n$ for infinitely many $n,$ and $b_n > a_n$ for infinitely many $n?$
(b) Do there exist infinitely many primes $p$ for which there exist $p$-sequences $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ and $(b_0, b_1, b_2, \dots)$ such that $a_0 <b_0,$ but $a_n >b_n$ for all $n \geqslant 1?$
[I]United Kingdom[/i]
Let $\{a_n \}_n$ be a sequence of real numbers such there there are countably infinite distinct subsequences converging to the same point. We call two subsequences distinct if they do not have a common term. Which of the following statements always holds:
(A) $\{a_n \}_n$ is bounded
(B) $\{a_n \}_n$ is unbounded
(C) The set of convergent subsequence $\{a_n \}_n$ is countable
(D) None of these
Rational numbers are written in the following sequence: $\frac{1}{1},\frac{2}{1},\frac{1}{2},\frac{3}{1},\frac{2}{2},\frac{1}{3},\frac{4}{1},\frac{3}{2},\frac{2}{3},\frac{1}{4}, . . .$
In which position of this sequence is $\frac{2005}{2004}$ ?
For a positive integer $a$, define $F_1 ^{(a)}=1$, $F_2 ^{(a)}=a$ and for $n>2$, $F_n ^{(a)}=F_{n-1} ^{(a)}+F_{n-2} ^{(a)}$. A positive integer is fibonatic when it is equal to $F_n ^{(a)}$ for a positive integer $a$ and $n>3$. Prove that there are infintely many not fibonatic integers.
A finite sequence of natural numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$ is given. A sub-sequence $a_{k+1}, a_{k+2}, \dots, a_l$ will be called a [i]repetition[/i] if there exists a natural number $p\leq \frac{l-k}2$ such that $a_i=a_{i+p}$ for $k+1\leq i\leq l-p$, but $a_i\neq a_{i+p}$ for $i=k$ (if $k>0$) and $i=l-p+1$ (if $l<n$).
Show that the sequence contains less than $n$ repetitions.
Arithmetical progression $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4,...$ contains $a_1^2 , a_2^2$ and $a_3^2$ at some positions. Prove that all terms of this progression are integers.
Let $F(n)$ be the set of polynomials $P(x) = a_0+a_1x+\cdots+a_nx^n$, with $a_0, a_1, . . . , a_n \in \mathbb R$ and $0 \leq a_0 = a_n \leq a_1 = a_{n-1 } \leq \cdots \leq a_{[n/2] }= a_{[(n+1)/2]}.$ Prove that if $f \in F(m)$ and $g \in F(n)$, then $fg \in F(m + n).$
Let $a > 1$ be a positive integer and $d > 1$ be a positive integer coprime to $a$. Let $x_1=1$, and for $k\geq 1$, define
$$x_{k+1} = \begin{cases}
x_k + d &\text{if } a \text{ does not divide } x_k \\
x_k/a & \text{if } a \text{ divides } x_k
\end{cases}$$
Find, in terms of $a$ and $d$, the greatest positive integer $n$ for which there exists an index $k$ such that $x_k$ is divisible by $a^n$.
Given a positive real number $a_1$, we recursively define $a_{n+1} = 1+a_1 a_2 \cdots \cdot a_n.$ Furthermore, let
$$b_n = \frac{1}{a_1 } + \frac{1}{a_2 } +\cdots + \frac{1}{a_n }.$$
Prove that $b_n < \frac{2}{a_1}$ for all positive integers $n$ and that this is the smallest possible bound.
For $m = 1, 2, 3, ...$ denote $S(m)$ the sum of the digits of $m$, and let $f(m)=m+S(m)$.
Show that for each positive integer $n$, there exists a number that appears exactly $n$ times in the sequence $f(1),f(2),...,f(m),...$
Define a sequence $<x_n>$ by $x_1 = 1, x_2 = x, x_{n+2} = xx_{n+1} + nx_n, n \ge 1$.
Consider the polynomial $P_n(x) = x_{n-1}x_{n+1} - x_n^2$, for each $n \ge 2$.
Prove or disprove that the coefficients of $P_n(x)$ are all non-negative, except for the constant term when $n$ is odd.
Does there exist a strictly increasing sequence $\{a_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ of natural numbers with the following property: for $\forall$ $c\in \mathbb{Z}$ the sequence $c+a_1,c+a_2,...,c+a_n...$ has finite number of primes? Explain your answer.
An infinite sequence $p_1, p_2, p_3, \ldots$ of natural numbers in the decimal system has the following property: For every $i \in \mathbb{N}$ the last digit of $p_{i+1}$ is different from $9$, and by omitting this digit one obtains number $p_i$. Prove that this sequence contains infinitely many composite numbers.
Let $n$ be an integer greater than $1$. Define
\[x_1 = n, y_1 = 1, x_{i+1} =\left[ \frac{x_i+y_i}{2}\right] , y_{i+1} = \left[ \frac{n}{x_{i+1}}\right], \qquad \text{for }i = 1, 2, \ldots\ ,\]
where $[z]$ denotes the largest integer less than or equal to $z$. Prove that
\[ \min \{x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n \} =[ \sqrt n ]\]
Let $S$ be the set of all points $t$ in the closed interval $[-1, 1]$ such that for the sequence $x_0, x_1, x_2, ...$ defined by the equations $x_0 = t, x_{n+1} = 2x_n^2-1$, there exists a positive integer $N$ such that $x_n = 1$ for all $n \ge N$. Show that the set $S$ has infinitely many elements.