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ISL 2001 A5

Find all positive integers a1,a2,…,ana_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n such that

99100=a0a1+a1a2+⋯+an−1an,\frac{99}{100} = \frac{a_0}{a_1} + \frac{a_1}{a_2} + \cdots + \frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n}, where a0=1a_0 = 1 and (ak+1−1)ak−1≥ak2(ak−1)(a_{k+1}-1)a_{k-1} \geq a_k^2(a_k - 1) for k=1,2,…,n−1k = 1,2,\ldots,n-1 .

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