# The vicious cycle

This note contains the instructions for the three problems.

In these problems, all answers are integers and $P_{n}$ denotes the answer to the $n$th problem, $n=1, 2, 3$. The $n$th problem is also called 'The vicious cycle ($n$)'.

Problems can be found here

Enjoy!

Note by Joel Tan
4 years, 10 months ago

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Gosh this set is nice.

But simultaneously tedious. (Get it?)

(I cheated for the quartic, am I a bad person? ;^;)

- 4 years, 10 months ago

Yes you are. You offended the god of maths and now you will be banished for an eternity without the presence of a calculator. Wolfram is mathtan and by consulting mathtan, you have eaten the apple of mathematical fallacy. You are now a fallacy. Everything you own is a fallacy. You do not exist. You will wake one day to find yourself as a baby and realised you are fortunate enough to live 80 additional years. Then after that you would nvm. this is going off point. Speaking of a point, if it is not a point, it's dimension mush not be 0. That means it might mean that it is a FUNCTION! A FUNCTION IS POINTLESS! OR POINTFUL! bye

- 4 years, 10 months ago

Great concept!

- 4 years, 10 months ago

Really an awesome thinking. Can you suggest me an idea to submit solution? (So that answer of other 2 questions are not revealed)

- 4 years, 9 months ago

Awesome! I loved this problem set. :D

- 4 years, 4 months ago

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