Problem 2672. Largest Geometric Series

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Jean-Marie Sainthillier on 18 Dec 2015

Interesting problem but tests are too tricky.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 16 Aug 2020

I am not sure that a list of equal numbers qualifies as a series. Would it be a geometric or an arithmetic series?

Lincoln Poon on 17 Feb 2021 at 10:34

'Randperm' is making this question a whole lot harder...

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