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Erdős problem 481

Let a1,,ar,b1,,brNa_1,\ldots,a_r,b_1,\ldots,b_r\in \mathbb{N} such that i1ai>1\sum_{i}\frac{1}{a_i}>1. For any finite sequence of nn (not necessarily distinct) integers A=(x1,,xn)A=(x_1,\ldots,x_n) let T(A)T(A) denote the sequence of length rnrn given by (aixj+bi)1jn,1ir.(a_ix_j+b_i)_{1\leq j\leq n, 1\leq i\leq r}. Prove that, if A1=(1)A_1=(1) and Ai+1=T(Ai)A_{i+1}=T(A_i), then there must be some AkA_k with repeated elements.

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