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Print67th Romanian Mathematical Olympiad
Romania algebra
Problem
Prove that, for every positive integer , there exists a unique such that and evaluate the limit .
Solution
Existence of follows from the (first) mean-value theorem (each integrand is continuous), and uniqueness follows from injectivity of each integrand.
To evaluate the required limit, let , and notice that , so . Since , it is sufficient to evaluate . To this end, write . Since , it follows that , so .
To evaluate the required limit, let , and notice that , so . Since , it is sufficient to evaluate . To this end, write . Since , it follows that , so .
Final answer
log 2
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