HMMT 二月 2009 · 冲刺赛 · 第 26 题
HMMT February 2009 — Guts Round — Problem 26
题目详情
英文原题
- [ 12 ] Define the sequence { x } by x = 2009 and x = − x for all n ≥ 1. Compute thei i ≥ 0 0 n kk =0
∑n
2009
value of 2 x .nnk =0
解析
英文解析
- [ 12 ] Define the sequence { x } by x = 2009 and x = − x for all n ≥ 1. Compute thei i ≥ 0 0 n kk =0
∑n
2009
value of 2 x .nnn =0
Answer: 2009
Solution: We havenx ( n − 1) xn n − 1 − = x + x + ... + x = x +
n − 1 n − 2 0 n − 1
2009 2009
n − 2010
, which yields the recursion x = x . Unwinding this recursion, we find x = ( − 1) · 2009 ·nn n − 1 n
( )n
2008
. Thusn
( )
2009 2009
∑ ∑
2008
n n
2 x = ( − 2) · 2009 ·
k =0 k =0 nn
( )
2008
∑
2008 = 2009 ( − 2)nnk =0
2008 = 2009( − 2 + 1)
as desired.