Suppose that
and the sequence
satisfies the recurrence relation
for all
What is the greatest integer less than or equal to![\[\sum^{100}_{n=1} a_n^2?\]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/f/3/0f327ec398b8186c05df6471bbecad3dbce2e296.png)

第一步:求通项公式
已知 \(a_1=2\),递推式:
\(\frac{a_n -1}{n-1}=\frac{a_{n-1}+1}{n}\quad(n\ge2)\)
交叉相乘整理:
\(n(a_n-1)=(n-1)(a_{n-1}+1)\)
\(na_n-n=(n-1)a_{n-1}+n-1\)
\(na_n-(n-1)a_{n-1}=2n-1\)
令 \(b_n=na_n\),则 \(b_n-b_{n-1}=2n-1\),且 \(b_1=1\cdot a_1=2\)。
对差分累加:
\(b_n=b_1+\sum_{k=2}^n(2k-1)\)
由平方和公式 \(\sum_{k=1}^n(2k-1)=n^2\),得
\(\sum_{k=2}^n(2k-1)=n^2-1\)
\(b_n=2+n^2-1=n^2+1\)
因此
\(\boldsymbol{a_n=\frac{n^2+1}{n}=n+\frac1n}\)
第二步:展开 \(a_n^2\)
\(a_n^2=\left(n+\frac1n\right)^2=n^2+2+\frac1{n^2}\)
第三步:求和 \(\boldsymbol{\sum_{n=1}^{100}a_n^2}\)
\(\sum_{n=1}^{100}a_n^2=\sum_{n=1}^{100}n^2+\sum_{n=1}^{100}2+\sum_{n=1}^{100}\frac1{n^2}\)
- 平方和:\(\sum_{n=1}^{100}n^2=\frac{100\times101\times201}{6}=338350\)
- 常数项和:\(\sum_{n=1}^{100}2=2\times100=200\)
- 平方倒数和:\(\sum_{n=1}^{100}\frac1{n^2}\approx1.63498\)(无穷和 \(\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^2}=\frac{\pi^2}{6}\approx1.64493\),前 100 项略小)
第四步:合并结果
\(\sum_{n=1}^{100}a_n^2=338350+200+1.63498=338551.63498\)
取地板值
最大整数小于等于该和为 \(\boldsymbol{338551}\)。
答案:\(\boldsymbol{338551}\)
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