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Sequence gets beyond 2018

Source: IMOTC PT1 P3 2018, India

July 18, 2018
algebraSequenceinequalities

Problem Statement

Let an,bna_n, b_n be sequences of positive reals such that,an+1=an+12bna_{n+1}= a_n + \frac{1}{2b_n} bn+1=bn+12anb_{n+1}= b_n + \frac{1}{2a_n} for all nNn\in\mathbb N. Prove that, max(a2018,b2018)>44\text{max}\left(a_{2018}, b_{2018}\right) >44.