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Omni-MATH / Let a₀=−2,b₀=1, and for n≥0, let begin{aligned} & a_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}+sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} & b_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}-sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} end{aligned} Find a₂₀₁₂.

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Let a0=−2,b0=1a_{0}=-2, b_{0}=1, and for n≥0n \geq 0, let $$\begin{aligned} & a_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}+\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \\ & b_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}-\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \end{aligned}$$ Find a2012a_{2012}.
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Let a₀=−2,b₀=1, and for n≥0, let $$\begin{aligned} & a_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}+\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \\ & b_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}-\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \end{aligned}$$ Find a₂₀₁₂.
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Let $a_{0}=-2, b_{0}=1$, and for $n \geq 0$, let $$\begin{aligned} & a_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}+\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \\ & b_{n+1}=a_{n}+b_{n}-\sqrt{a_{n}^{2}+b_{n}^{2}} \end{aligned}$$ Find $a_{2012}$.

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