HMMT 二月 2011 · ALGCOMB 赛 · 第 9 题
HMMT February 2011 — ALGCOMB Round — Problem 9
题目详情
英文原题
- For all real numbers x , letf ( x ) = √ .1
2011
2011
1 − x
2011
Evaluate ( f ( f ( . . . ( f (2011)) . . . ))) , where f is applied 2010 times.
解析
英文解析
- For all real numbers x , let
√1
f ( x ) = .
2011
2011
1 − x
2011
Evaluate ( f ( f ( . . . ( f (2011)) . . . ))) , where f is applied 2010 times.
√
2011
2011
1 − x
2011
Answer: 2011 Direct calculation shows that f ( f ( x )) = and f ( f ( f ( x ))) = x .
− x
2011
Hence ( f ( f ( . . . ( f ( x )) . . . ))) = x , where f is applied 2010 times. So ( f ( f ( . . . ( f (2011)) . . . ))) =
2011
2011 .