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    This document presents formulas for the solutions to question 6 from the 1988 International Mathematical Olympiad, which is considered one of the most difficult questions ever asked. It uses the WolframAlpha mathematical website to generate a large set of solutions with bigger numbers, which would have been more difficult to obtain without modern technology. Formulas for solutions are provided for cases where k=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The author concludes that information technology enhances mathematics education by allowing problems to be solved more efficiently.

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    FORMULAS FOR THE SOLUTIONS TO 1988 QUESTION 6 (The Most Difficult


    Question Ever Set in an IMO)

    Article · December 2017

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    FORMULAS FOR THE SOLUTIONS TO 1988 QUESTION 6
    (The Most Difficult Question Ever Set in an IMO)

    ANNA V. TOMOVA
    annatomova@gmail.com

    By - Below are the solution of a problem that continues to enjoy


    considerable interest today. It was also given to a Mathematical
    Competition in Canada in 1998.
    The purpose of this publication is to present the formulas for its
    solutions obtained using the mathematical site http://wolframalpha.com
    that did not exist at the time these problems were given.These formulas
    offer a very large set of solutions with bigger numbers, which at the time
    when these problems were proposed would be much more difficult and
    prolonged.By - Below are the formulas for the solutions of the above work
    since 1988 in individual cases: k  1; 2;3; 4;5;6;7. The difference between the
    formulas of 1998 (Canada) and presented here is that those of Canada
    solutions of Diophantine equation are presented as successive members of
    the same number of recurrent and mathematical site presents solutions as
    members of two sequences of recurrent one also a characteristic equation,
    but with different initial conditions.
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    CONCLUSIONS

    The application of information technology enhances the quality of


    education in mathematics in all its stages of study. Of course, it should
    be checked at every stage to allow ridiculous errors. In this sense so
    on…“E – Mathematics” does not replace the classic, it continues
    development with new, more - efficient vehicles.
    Anna Valkova Tomova
    Bul.“Slivnitza”No 8, Varna, 9000, Bulgaria.

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