<s>[INST] Solving $\sqrt[3]{{x\sqrt {x\sqrt[3]{{x \ldots \sqrt x }}} }} = 2$ with 100 nested radicals I have seen a book that offers to solve the following equation:
$$\underbrace {\sqrt[3]{{x\sqrt {x\sqrt[3]{{x \ldots \sqrt x }}} }}}_{{\text{100 radicals}}} = 2$$
The book also contains the answer:
$$x = {2^{\left( {\frac{{5 \times {6^{50}}}}{{3 \times ({6^{50}} - 1)}}} \right)}}$$
How did they get the answer for such equation? I tried to obtain the recurrence relation, but could not find the way to get the above answer.
EDIT
$${u_{100}} = 2,$$
$$\sqrt[3]{{x{u_{99}}}} = 2,$$
$$x{u_{99}} = {2^3},$$
$${u_{99}} = \sqrt {x{u_{98}}} ,$$
$$x\sqrt {x{u_{98}}}  = {2^3},$$
$${x^2}x{u_{98}} = {({2^3})^2},$$
$${x^3}{u_{98}} = {2^6},$$
$${u_{98}} = \sqrt[3]{{x{u_{97}}}},$$
$${x^3} \times \sqrt[3]{{x{u_{97}}}} = {2^6},$$
$${x^9}x{u_{97}} = {({2^6})^3},$$
$${x^{10}}{u_{97}} = {2^{18}},$$
$${u_{97}} = \sqrt {x{u_{96}}} ,$$
$${x^{10}}\sqrt {x{u_{96}}}  = {2^{18}},$$
$${x^{20}}x{u_{96}} = {({2^{18}})^2},$$
$${x^{21}}{u_{96}} = {2^{36}},$$
$${u_{96}} = \sqrt[3]{{x{u_{95}}}},$$
$${x^{21}} \times \sqrt[3]{{x{u_{95}}}} = {2^{36}},$$
$${x^{63}}x{u_{95}} = {2^{108}}$$
$${x^{64}}{u_{95}} = {2^{108}},$$
$${u_{95}} = \sqrt {x{u_{94}}} ,$$
$${x^{64}}\sqrt {x{u_{94}}}  = {2^{108}},$$
$${x^{128}}x{u_{94}} = {2^{216}},$$
$${x^{129}}{u_{94}} = {2^{216}},$$
$$ \ldots $$
but I still have no idea how to find a generalized formula which allows to obtain the answer.
 [/INST] Essentially what is written there is just a big product of $x^{a_n}$ where $a_n$ changes from term to term. The terms $a_n$ follow the following sequence:
$$\frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3\cdot 2}, \frac{1}{3^2\cdot 2}, \frac{1}{3^2\cdot 2^2},\ldots, \frac{1}{3^{50}\cdot 2^{50}}$$
The equation you have now is
$$\prod_{n=1}^{100} x^{a_n} = 2$$
Which can be simplified to
$$x^{\left(\sum_{n=1}^{100} {a_n}\right)}= 2$$
The way the sequence $a_n$ is created allows you to say that $a_{2m-1}=2\cdot a_{2m}$, which gives
$$x^{3\left(\sum_{n=1}^{50} \frac{1}{6^n}\right)}= 2$$
This will now lead you directly to the solution
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