Problem #PRU-107992

Problems Calculus Real numbers Integer and fractional parts. Archimedean property Methods Pigeonhole principle Algebra Sequences Algebraic methods Symmetry and involutions

Problem

For each pair of real numbers a and b, consider the sequence of numbers pn=2{an+b}. Any k consecutive terms of this sequence will be called a word. Is it true that any ordered set of zeros and ones of length k is a word of the sequence given by some a and b for k=4; when k=5?

Note: c is the integer part, {c} is the fractional part of the number c.