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classic and easy sequence

Source: bmo 1990

April 23, 2007
modular arithmeticalgebra proposedalgebra

Problem Statement

The sequence (an)n1 (a_{n})_{n\geq 1} is defined by a_{1} \equal{} 1, a_{2} \equal{} 3, and a_{n \plus{} 2} \equal{} (n \plus{} 3)a_{n \plus{} 1} \minus{} (n \plus{} 2)a_{n}, \forall n \in \mathbb{N}. Find all values of n n for which an a_{n} is divisible by 11 11.