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Problem 1890

National Olympiad second round; IMO P1/P4
Combinatorics Difficulty 7.0 Prove it KöMaL problem A · Hungary · 2014

Is it true that for every infinite sequence x1,x2,x_1,x_2,\ldots of integers satisfying xk+1xk=1|x_{k+1}-x_k|=1 for every positive integer kk, there exists a sequence k1<k2<<k2014k_1<k_2<\ldots<k_{2014} of positive integers such that as well the indices k1,k2,,k2014k_1,k_2,\ldots,k_{2014} as the numbers xk1,xk2,,xk2014x_{k_1},x_{k_2},\ldots,x_{k_{2014}} (in this order) form arithmethic progressions?
Proposed by: E. Csóka, Warwick and Ben Green, Oxford
(5 pont)

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