IMC 2010 · Problem 3

Day 117th IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Define the sequence x1,x2,x_1, x_2, \dots inductively by x1=5x_1 = \sqrt{5} and xn+1=xn22x_{n+1} = x_n^2 - 2 for each n1n \ge 1. Compute

limnx1x2x3xnxn+1.\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{x_1 \cdot x_2 \cdot x_3 \cdots x_n}{x_{n+1}}.

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