A strange problem

Algebra Level 5

i = 1 n 1 a i ( a i + a i + 1 ) ( a i + a i + 1 + a i + 2 ) ( a i + a i + 1 + + a i + n 2 ) \sum_{i=1}^{n} \dfrac{1}{a_{i} ( a_{i} + a_{i+1})( a_{i} + a_{i+1} + a_{i+2} ) \cdots (a_{i} + a_{i+1} + \cdots + a_{i+n-2}) }

Given are the real numbers a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , , a n a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots , a_{n} whose sum is 0. And a n + m = a m a_{n+m} = a_{m} where m = 1 , 2 , 3 , , n m = 1,2,3,\ldots, n .

Determine the value of the sum above.

Assume all the denominators are non-zero.


The answer is 0.

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