HMMT 二月 2004 · 冲刺赛 · 第 14 题
HMMT February 2004 — Guts Round — Problem 14
题目详情
英文原题
- [7] If a = 1 , a = 0, and a = a + for all n ≥ 1, compute a .
1 2 n +1 n 2004 2
解析
英文解析
- If a = 1 , a = 0, and a = a + for all n ≥ 1, compute a .
1 2 n +1 n 2004
10022
Solution: − 2
By writing out the first few terms, we find that a = − 4 a . Indeed,
n +4 na = 2( a − a ) = 2( a − 2 a ) = 2( − 2 a ) = − 4 a .
n +4 n +3 n +2 n +2 n +1 n nk
Then, by induction, we get a = ( − 4) for all positive integers k , and setting k = 501
4 kgives the answer.