IMO 2015 Shortlist C5

Consider an infinite sequence a1,a2,... of positive integers with ai ď 2015 for all i ě 1. Suppose that for any two dist...

IMO 2015 Shortlist C5

Category: Combinatorics

Problem

Consider an infinite sequence a1,a2,... of positive integers with ai ď 2015 for all i ě 1. Suppose that for any two distinct indices i and j we have i ai ‰ j aj. Prove that there exist two positive integers b and N such that ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ n ÿ i“m`1 pai ´ bq ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ˇ ď 10072 whenever n ą m ě N. (Australia)