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Consider sequences of positive real numbers of the form
x
,
2000
,
y
,
…
x, 2000, y, \dots
x
,
2000
,
y
,
…
, in which every term after the first is 1 less than the product of its two immediate neighbors. For how many different values of
x
x
x
does the term 2001 appear somewhere in the sequence?
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If the numbers
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
,
a
n
a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
,
a
n
are different from zero and form an arithmetic progression, then
1
a
1
+
1
a
2
+
1
a
3
+
⋯
+
1
a
n
\frac{1}{a_1} + \frac{1}{a_2} + \frac{1}{a_3} + \dots + \frac{1}{a_n}
a
1
1
+
a
2
1
+
a
3
1
+
⋯
+
a
n
1
is equal to
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If
∣
a
∣
<
1
|a| < 1
∣
a
∣
<
1
and
∣
b
∣
<
1
|b| < 1
∣
b
∣
<
1
, then the sum of the series
a
(
a
+
b
)
+
a
2
(
a
2
+
b
2
)
+
a
3
(
a
3
+
b
3
)
+
⋯
a(a + b) + a^2(a^2 + b^2) + a^3(a^3 + b^3) + \cdots
a
(
a
+
b
)
+
a
2
(
a
2
+
b
2
)
+
a
3
(
a
3
+
b
3
)
+
⋯
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lim
n
→
∞
[
5
−
1
5
+
1
25
−
⋯
+
(
−
1
)
n
−
1
⋅
1
5
n
]
\lim_{n \to \infty} \left[ 5 - \frac{1}{5} + \frac{1}{25} - \dots + (-1)^{n-1} \cdot \frac{1}{5^n} \right]
n
→
∞
lim
[
5
−
5
1
+
25
1
−
⋯
+
(
−
1
)
n
−
1
⋅
5
n
1
]
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