International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2018 2018 , Day 2 2 , Problem 5 5 of 6 6

Algebra Level 2

Let a 1 , a 2 . . . a_1, a_2 ... be an infinite sequence of positive integers. Suppose that there is an integer N > 1 N > 1 such that, for each n N n \geq N , the number

a 1 a 2 + a 2 a 3 + . . . + a n 1 a n + a n a 1 \frac{a_1}{a_2} + \frac{a_2}{a_3} + ... + \frac{a_{n - 1}}{a_n} +\frac{a_n}{a_1}

is an integer. Prove that there is a positive integer M M such that a m = a m + 1 a_m = a_{m + 1} for all m M m \geq M .

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