Problem

Source: Cono Sur Olympiad 2017, problem 5

Tags: cono sur, algebra



Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ positive integers. Three sequences are defined as follows: $a_1=a$, $b_1=b$, $c_1=c$ $a_{n+1}=\lfloor{\sqrt{a_nb_n}}\rfloor$, $\:b_{n+1}=\lfloor{\sqrt{b_nc_n}}\rfloor$, $\:c_{n+1}=\lfloor{\sqrt{c_na_n}}\rfloor$ for $n \ge 1$ Prove that for any $a$, $b$, $c$, there exists a positive integer $N$ such that $a_N=b_N=c_N$. Find the smallest $N$ such that $a_N=b_N=c_N$ for some choice of $a$, $b$, $c$ such that $a \ge 2$ y $b+c=2a-1$.