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A. 713
A. 713
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Bounded expansive sequences
Source: KöMaL A. 713
2/13/2018
We say that a sequence
a
1
,
a
2
,
⋯
a_1,a_2,\cdots
a
1
,
a
2
,
⋯
is expansive if for all positive integers
j
,
i
<
j
j,\; i<j
j
,
i
<
j
implies
∣
a
i
−
a
j
∣
≥
1
j
|a_i-a_j|\ge \tfrac 1j
∣
a
i
−
a
j
∣
≥
j
1
. Find all positive real numbers
C
C
C
for which one can find an expansive sequence in the interval
[
0
,
C
]
[0,C]
[
0
,
C
]
.
algebra
Sequence
positive