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Nordic MC 2006 Q3
Source:
3/3/2013
A sequence
(
a
n
)
(a_n)
(
a
n
)
of positive integers is defined by
a
0
=
m
a_0=m
a
0
=
m
and
a
n
+
1
=
a
n
5
+
487
a_{n+1}= a_n^5 +487
a
n
+
1
=
a
n
5
+
487
for all
n
≥
0
n\ge 0
n
≥
0
. Find all positive integers
m
m
m
such that the sequence contains the maximum possible number of perfect squares.
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