Problem

Source: Junior Olympiad of Malaysia Shortlist 2015 N3 (JOM P4)

Tags: number theory



Given a natural number $n\ge 3$, determine all strictly increasing sequences $a_1<a_2<\cdots<a_n$ such that $\text{gcd}(a_1,a_2)=1$ and for any pair of natural numbers $(k,m)$ satisfy $n\ge m\ge 3$, $m\ge k$, $$\frac{a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_m}{a_k}$$ is a positive integer.