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Putnam 2001 B6

  • Session B

Assume that (an)n≥1(a_n)_{n\geq 1} is an increasing sequence of positive real numbers such that lim⁡an/n=0\lim a_n/n=0. Must there exist infinitely many positive integers nn such that an−i+an+i<2ana_{n-i}+a_{n+i}<2a_n for i=1,2,…,n−1i=1,2,\ldots,n-1?

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