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Number theory Difficulty 6.0 AIME, harder Prove it

4. Show that if either a=0a=0 or a=1a=1 is used for the multiplier in the generation of pseudo-random numbers by the linear congruential method, the resulting sequence would not be a good choice for a sequence of pseudo-random numbers.

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