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Algebra Difficulty 3.2 AMC 10/12 Prove it

Let a0,b0,c0a_0,b_0,c_0 be complex numbers, and define
an+1=an2+2bncna_{n+1}=a_n^2+2b_nc_n
bn+1=bn2+2cnanb_{n+1}=b_n^2+2c_na_n
cn+1=cn2+2anbnc_{n+1}=c_n^2+2a_nb_n
for all nonnegative integers nn.
Suppose that maxan,bn,cn2022\max{|a_n|,|b_n|,|c_n|}\leq2022 for all nn. Prove that
a02+b02+c021.|a_0|^2+|b_0|^2+|c_0|^2\leq 1.

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