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ISL 2015 N4

    Suppose that a0,a1,…a_{0}, a_{1}, \ldots and b0,b1,…b_{0}, b_{1}, \ldots are two sequences of positive integers satisfying a0,b0⩾2a_{0}, b_{0} \geqslant 2 and an+1=gcd⁡(an,bn)+1,bn+1=lcm⁡(an,bn)−1a_{n+1}=\operatorname{gcd}\left(a_{n}, b_{n}\right)+1, b_{n+1}=\operatorname{lcm}\left(a_{n}, b_{n}\right)-1 for all n⩾0n \geqslant 0. Prove that the sequence (an)\left(a_{n}\right) is eventually periodic; in other words, there exist integers N⩾0N \geqslant 0 and t>0t>0 such that an+t=ana_{n+t}=a_{n} for all n⩾Nn \geqslant N. (France)

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    Official text: IMO 2015 Shortlist booklet, page 8.

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