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 .
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