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PutnamSuperchallengeIntegrals I: Feynman's Trick

Integrals I: Feynman's Trick · Superchallenge problem

The numbers 1,2,…,101, 2, \ldots, 10 are written on a board. Repeatedly, two numbers aa and bb are erased and replaced by a+b+aba + b + ab, until one number remains. What is that number?