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Algebra Difficulty 8.0 Shortlist Prove it Hungary

Let f1,f2,f_1,f_2,\ldots be an infinite sequence of continuous RR\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} functions such that for arbitrary positive integer kk and arbitrary real numbers r>0r>0 and cc there exists a number x(r,r)x\in(-r,r) with fk(x)cxf_k(x)\ne cx. Show that there exists a sequence a1,a2,a_1,a_2,\ldots of real numbers such that n=1an\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n is convergent, but n=1fk(an)\sum_{n=1}^\infty f_k(a_n) is divergent for every positive integer kk.

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