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MathNet 1997 — Part 01 Question 4

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 1997 — Part 01

Question 4

Let $c$ be a rational. Let $f(x) = x^2 + c$. Define $f^{(0)}(x) = x$, $f^{(n+1)}(x) = f(f^{(n)}(x))$. Show that there are only finitely many rationals $x$ such that the sequence $f^{(0)}(x), f^{(1)}(x), f^{(2)}(x), \dots$ takes only finitely many values.