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Given a>0 and x0>0, show that there exists one and only one sequence of positive numbers  such that   


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1 May 2009 16:41:32 IST
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a good one.....

 


ak = n2+k     where 0<=k<2n+1
S(ak) = k   and               ak+1=ak+S(ak) = n2+2k

and we can  say  ak+1<= n2+4n  

so the one and only  perfect squares greater than n2 and less than n2+2k is    n2+2n+1

which is never equal to ak+1.

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2 May 2009 11:22:13 IST
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bhatt sir no comments?




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