HMMT 二月 2002 · 冲刺赛 · 第 29 题
HMMT February 2002 — Guts Round — Problem 29
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英文原题
- [8] A sequence s , s , s , s , . . . is defined by s = s = 1 and, for every positive integer
0 1 2 3 0 1
n , s = s , s = s , s = s + s /s . What is the value of s ?2
2 n n 4 n +1 2 n +1 4 n − 1 2 n − 1 n − 1 1000
2 n − 1
解析
英文解析
- A sequence s , s , s , s , . . . is defined by s = s = 1 and, for every positive integer
0 1 2 3 0 1
n , s = s , s = s , s = s + s /s . What is the value of s ?2
2 n n 4 n +1 2 n +1 4 n − 1 2 n − 1 n − 1 1000
2 n − 1
Solution: 720 Some experimentation with small values may suggest that s = k !, wherenk is the number of ones in the binary representation of n , and this formula is in fact provableby a straightforward induction. Since 1000 = 1111101000 , with six ones, s = 6! = 720.
10 2 1000