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Suppose a doubly infinite sequence of real numbers $. . . , a_{-2}, a_{-1}, a_0, a_1, a_2, . . .$ has the property that $$a_{n+3} =\frac{a_n + a_{n+1} + a_{n+2}}{3},$$for all integers $n .$ Show that if this sequence is bounded (i.e., if there exists a number $R$ such that $|a_n| \leq R$ for all $n$), then $a_n$ has the same value for all $n.$