IMC 2014 · Problem 2

Day 121st IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Consider the following sequence

(an)n=1=(1,1,2,1,2,3,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,5,1,).(a_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} = (1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, \dots).

Find all pairs (α,β)(\alpha, \beta) of positive real numbers such that limnk=1naknα=β\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\sum\limits_{k=1}^{n} a_k}{n^{\alpha}} = \beta.

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