Problem

Source: Croatia MO 2002 4th Grade P4

Tags: Sequence, algebra, number theory



Let $(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb N}$ be an increasing sequence of positive integers. A term $a_k$ in the sequence is said to be good if it a sum of some other terms (not necessarily distinct). Prove that all terms of the sequence, apart from finitely many of them, are good.