1 6 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − ⋯ 1 1
The expression above can be expressed as d a + b c , where a , b , c , d ∈ Z with g cd ( a , b , d ) = 1 and c is square free. Find the value of a + b + c + d .
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You still got to prove that the infinitely nested function converges to a finite value.
If you replace all the 2207s in the question with 1's, you will get a nonsensical answer.
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Hey @Pi Han Goh ! I have never seen "proving convergence", can you please tell me some wiki/video to understand it? Thanks! :)
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Here's a separate question that shows the convergence of an infinitely nested function.
Actually @Mark Hennings addressed it quite nicely here
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@Pi Han Goh – Wow! So many references! I will try to read and understand them. Thanks a lot!
The golden ratio to the power of sixteen is a little less than 2207 ( by a 0.0005 ish ) and we do expect that due to that -1/2207 approximately so it does converge!
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I mean, it all started with (first line = k), so the author of the solution already assumes that the nested function converges.
Just because we know that k = (1+sqrt5)/2, the convergence has not been proven.
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1 6 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − ⋯ 1 1 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − ⋯ 1 1 ⟹ k 1 6 + k 1 6 1 = k = k 1 6 = 2 2 0 7 Using the identity, ( a n + a n 1 ) 2 = a 2 n + a 2 n 1 + 2 , we can scale down to k 8 + k 8 1 k 4 + k 4 1 k 2 + k 2 1 k + k 1 = 2 2 0 7 + 2 = 4 7 = 4 7 + 2 = 7 = 7 + 2 = 3 = 3 + 2 = 5 Solving the quadratic k 2 − 5 k + 1 = 0 , we get k = 2 5 + 1 > 1 and k = 2 5 − 1 < 1 . So, we have, 1 6 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − 2 2 0 7 − ⋯ 1 1 = 2 1 + 5 Therefore, a = 1 , b = 1 , c = 5 , d = 2 ⟹ a + b + c + d = 9 .