IMO 2017 Shortlist A4

A sequen e of real numbers a1,a2,... satises the relation an “ ´ max ij“n pai ajq for all n ą 2017. Prove that this seq...

IMO 2017 Shortlist A4

Category: Algebra

Problem

A sequen e of real numbers a1,a2,... satises the relation an “ ´ max ij“n pai ajq for all n ą 2017. Prove that this sequen e is bounded, i.e., there is a onstant M su h that |an| ď M for all positive integers n. (Russia) Shortlisted problems 5