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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2016
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The aim of this short article is to produce a sequence of real numbers x1, x2, x3, … with the property that, for each n,
x1 + x2 + … + xn = x1x2 = xn.
This turns out to be an interesting classroom exercise involving simple equations and iteration.
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