Difference between revisions of "2008 Mock ARML 2 Problems/Problem 8"

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Given that $\sum_{i = 0}^{n}a_ia_{n - i} = 1$ and $a_n > 0$ for all non-negative integers $n$ , evaluate $\sum_{j = 0}^{\infty}\frac {a_j}{2^j}$ .

$a_0^2=1\Rightarrow a_0=1$

$a_0a_1+a_1a_0=1\Rightarrow a_1=\dfrac{1}{2}$

$a_0a_2+a_1^2+a_2a_0=1\Rightarrow a_2=\dfrac{3}{8}$

$a_0a_3+a_1a_2+a_2a_1+a_3a_0=2a_3+\dfrac{3}{8}=1\Rightarrow a_3=\dfrac{5}{16}$

We make a conjecture that $a_i=\dfrac{F_{i+3}}{2^{i+1}}$ , where $F_n$ is the $n$ th Fibonacci number and we prove that it is so:

$a_ia_{n-i}=\dfrac{F_{i+3}\cdot F_{n-i+3}}{2^{n+2}}$

We must prove that $\sum_{i = 0}^{n}\dfrac{F_{i+3}\cdot F_{n-i+3}}{2^{n+2}} = 1$ .

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 ==See also==
 {{Mock ARML box|year = 2008|n = 2|num-b=7|after=Final Question|source = 206880}}
+[[Category:Intermediate Number Theory Problems]]