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IMO 2009 Problem 3

  • Day 1

Suppose that s1,s2,s3,…s_1, s_2, s_3, \dots is a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that the subsequences ss1,ss2,ss3,…s_{s_1}, s_{s_2}, s_{s_3}, \dots and ss1+1,ss2+1,ss3+1,…s_{s_{1+1}}, s_{s_{2+1}}, s_{s_{3+1}}, \dots are both arithmetic progressions. Prove that the sequence s1,s2,s3,…s_1, s_2, s_3, \dots is itself an arithmetic progression.

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Official text: IMO 2009 official English paper, page 1.

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