Problem

Source: Romanian National Olympiad 2000, Grade X, Problem 1

Tags: arithmetic sequence, algebra



Let $ \left( x_n\right)_{n\ge 1} $ be a sequence having $ x_1=3 $ and defined as $ x_{n+1} =\left\lfloor \sqrt 2x_n\right\rfloor , $ for every natural number $ n. $ Find all values $ m $ for which the terms $ x_m,x_{m+1},x_{m+2} $ are in arithmetic progression, where $ \lfloor\rfloor $ denotes the integer part.