IMC 1996 · Problem 2

Day 210 points3rd IMC · Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Statement

Let θ\theta be a positive real number and let cosh⁡t=et+e−t2\cosh t = \dfrac{e^t + e^{-t}}{2} denote the hyperbolic cosine. Show that if k∈Nk \in \mathbb{N} and both cosh⁡kθ\cosh k\theta and cosh⁡(k+1)θ\cosh (k+1)\theta are rational, then so is cosh⁡θ\cosh \theta.

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