Problem #PRU-111829

Problems Calculus Real numbers Integer and fractional parts. Archimedean property Methods Pigeonhole principle Pigeonhole principle (angles and lengths)

Problem

In the infinite sequence (xn), the first term x1 is a rational number greater than 1, and xn+1=xn+1xn for all positive integers n.

Prove that there is an integer in this sequence.

Note that in this problem, square brackets represent integers and curly brackets represent non-integer values or 0.