Try this beautiful problem from HANOI 2018 based on Sequence and Series.
Let {\(u_n\)} \(n\geq1\) be given sequence satisfying the conditions \(u_1=0\), \(u_2=1\), \(u_{n+1}=u_{n-1}+2n-1\) for \(n\geq2\). find \(u_{100}+u_{101}\)
Sequence
Series
Number Theory
Answer: is 10000.
HANOI, 2018
Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Rudin
Here \(u_2=1\), \(u_3=3\), \(u_4=6\), \(u_5=10\)
by induction \(u_n=\frac{n(n-1)}{2}\) for every \(n\geq1\)
Then \(u_n+u_{n+1}\)=\(\frac{n(n-1)}{2}\)+\(\frac{n(n+1)}{2}\)=\(n^{2}\) for every \(n\geq1\) Then \(u_{100}+u_{101}\)=10000.