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Limit sequence

Source: Romania District Olympiad 2013,grade XI(Problem 1)

March 10, 2013
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Problem Statement

Let (an)n1{{\left( {{a}_{n}} \right)}_{n\ge 1}} an increasing sequence and bounded.Calculate limn(2ana1a2)(2ana2a3)...(2anan2an1)(2anan1a1).\underset{n\to \infty }{\mathop{\lim }}\,\left( 2{{a}_{n}}-{{a}_{1}}-{{a}_{2}} \right)\left( 2{{a}_{n}}-{{a}_{2}}-{{a}_{3}} \right)...\left( 2{{a}_{n}}-{{a}_{n-2}}-{{a}_{n-1}} \right)\left( 2{{a}_{n}}-{{a}_{n-1}}-{{a}_{1}} \right).