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69th Belarusian Mathematical Olympiad

Belarus algebra

Problem

Does there exist a function such that for any positive integer ? (As usual, stands for the set of all positive integers.)
Solution
Answer: yes. Note that if function satisfy for any positive integer , then it satisfy the problem condition as well. It is well known that there exist infinitely many functions such that for all positive integers .
Final answer
yes

Techniques

Existential quantifiersRecurrence relations