KöMaL problem A, 2018

Algebra Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Prove it Hungary

Let $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ be a sequence of real numbers from the interval $[0,1]$ . Prove that there is a sequence $1\le n_1<n_2<\ldots$ of positive integers such that

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