classic and easy sequence
Source: bmo 1990
April 23, 2007
modular arithmeticalgebra proposedalgebra
Problem Statement
The sequence 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 for which is divisible by .