Sequence
Source: 2009 AIME I #7
March 18, 2009
logarithmsinductioninvariantAMC
Problem Statement
The sequence satisfies a_1 \equal{} 1 and \displaystyle 5^{(a_{n\plus{}1}\minus{}a_n)} \minus{} 1 \equal{} \frac{1}{n\plus{}\frac{2}{3}} for . Let be the least integer greater than for which is an integer. Find .