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| − | Let the [[ratio]] of consecutive terms of the sequence be <math>r \in \mathbb{C}</math>. Then we have by the given that <math>1 = a_{10} = r^{10} a_0 = 1024r^{10}</math> so <math>r^{10} = 2^{-10}</math> and <math>r = \frac \omega 2</math>, where <math>\omega</math> can be any of the tenth [[roots of unity]].
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| − | For every choice of <math>\omega</math>, <math>\overline \omega</math> is also a 10th root of unity, so if we take 2 copies of <math>X</math> we can pair up terms to get <math>2X = \sum_{\omega^{10} = 1} \frac 1{1 - \omega/2} + \frac1{1 - \overline{\omega}/2} = \sum_{\omega^{10} = 1} \frac {(1 - \omega/2) + (1 - \overline{\omega}/2)}{(1 - \omega/2)(1 - \overline{\omega}/2)}</math>
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Revision as of 22:10, 12 November 2006
About CMO
I am sorry about CMO. What do you suggest I should do? Redirect? Recreate the pages? By the way "Cyprus Mathematical Olympiad" it is the official translation. The papers are in both English and Greek.
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oh. i didn't know that AMC 8 wasn't hyphenated. --Anirudh 19:57, 11 November 2006 (EST)
are you a SYSOP?--Anirudh 17:06, 12 November 2006 (EST)
