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MathNet 2010 — Part 05 Question 81

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2010 — Part 05

Question 81

Show that a sequence $(\varepsilon_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ of plus and minus ones is periodic with period a power of $2$, if and only if $\varepsilon_n = (-1)^{P(n)}$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$, where $P$ is an integer-valued polynomial with rational coefficients.