Y by itslumi, samrocksnature, jhu08, Adventure10, Mango247, Gato_combinatorio, ehuseyinyigit
Let
be a positive integer. Find all real solutions
to the system:
![\[a_1^2 + a_1 - 1 = a_2\]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/4/e/a4e26b83c929b82800576bac11e12de0c3aa1cf6.png)
![\[ a_2^2 + a_2 - 1 = a_3\]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/9/5/995e8eec93828b82901b0639463f907f5ff95d08.png)
![\[\hspace*{3.3em} \vdots \]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/e/1/ee15e1fefe2ad550d3c9b1c51207eaf66fbfa41f.png)
![\[a_{n}^2 + a_n - 1 = a_1\]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/c/7/7c727d1f2044c1bf7c80981e1074bb3cde807b8f.png)


![\[a_1^2 + a_1 - 1 = a_2\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/4/e/a4e26b83c929b82800576bac11e12de0c3aa1cf6.png)
![\[ a_2^2 + a_2 - 1 = a_3\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/9/5/995e8eec93828b82901b0639463f907f5ff95d08.png)
![\[\hspace*{3.3em} \vdots \]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/e/1/ee15e1fefe2ad550d3c9b1c51207eaf66fbfa41f.png)
![\[a_{n}^2 + a_n - 1 = a_1\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/c/7/7c727d1f2044c1bf7c80981e1074bb3cde807b8f.png)
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