HMMT 十一月 2008 · 冲刺赛 · 第 24 题
HMMT November 2008 — Guts Round — Problem 24
题目详情
- [ 12 ] Let f ( x ) = . Let f ( x ) = f ( f ( x )), with f ( x ) = f ( x ). What is f (2008)?
1 − x
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英文原题
[ 12 ] Let f ( x ) = 1
1 − x . Let f k +1 ( x ) = f ( f k ( x )), with f 1 ( x ) = f ( x ). What is f 2008 (2008)?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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解析
英文解析
- [ 12 ] Let f ( x ) = . Let f ( x ) = f ( f ( x )), with f ( x ) = f ( x ). What is f (2008)?
1 − x − 1 2 1 x − 1 34
Answer: Notice that, if x 6 = 0 , 1, then f ( x ) = = , which means that f ( x ) =
2007 x 1
1 −
1 − xn 2007 20081 = x . So f is periodic with period n = 3, which means that f ( x ) = x so f (2008) =
x − 1
1 −
− 1 xf (2008) = .
2007
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