Problem:
Suppose are positive real numbers such that
for . Given that , compute .
Problem:
Suppose are positive real numbers such that
for . Given that , compute .
Solution:
If we cross multiply, we obtain , which we can rearrange and factor as .
Let . Then, . If we let , then we have by induction that if is odd and if is even. So we have
for some real number . We have , so . But if , then which is not positive, so and .