MathDB
Problems
Contests
National and Regional Contests
USA Contests
USA - Other Middle and High School Contests
Math Prize For Girls Problems
2013 Math Prize For Girls Problems
20
20
Part of
2013 Math Prize For Girls Problems
Problems
(1)
Math Prize 2013 Problem 20
Source:
9/10/2013
Let
a
0
a_0
a
0
,
a
1
a_1
a
1
,
a
2
a_2
a
2
,
…
\dots
…
be an infinite sequence of real numbers such that
a
0
=
4
5
a_0 = \frac{4}{5}
a
0
=
5
4
and
a
n
=
2
a
n
−
1
2
−
1
a_{n} = 2 a_{n-1}^2 - 1
a
n
=
2
a
n
−
1
2
−
1
for every positive integer
n
n
n
. Let
c
c
c
be the smallest number such that for every positive integer
n
n
n
, the product of the first
n
n
n
terms satisfies the inequality
a
0
a
1
…
a
n
−
1
≤
c
2
n
.
a_0 a_1 \dots a_{n - 1} \le \frac{c}{2^n}.
a
0
a
1
…
a
n
−
1
≤
2
n
c
.
What is the value of
100
c
100c
100
c
, rounded to the nearest integer?
inequalities
trigonometry