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Sequence

Source: 2009 AIME I #7

March 18, 2009
logarithmsinductioninvariantAMC

Problem Statement

The sequence (an) (a_n) 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 n1 n \geq 1. Let k k be the least integer greater than 1 1 for which ak a_k is an integer. Find k k.