Problem

Source: 2013 Saudi Arabia IMO TST II p4

Tags: Sequence, algebra, number theory



Determine if there exists an infinite sequence of positive integers $a_1,a_2, a_3, ...$ such that (i) each positive integer occurs exactly once in the sequence, and (ii) each positive integer occurs exactly once in the sequence $ |a_1 - a_2|, |a_2 - a_3|, ..., |a+k - a_{k+1}|, ...$