Problem

Source: IMOC 2021 A5

Tags: algebra



Let $M$ be an arbitrary positive real number greater than $1$, and let $a_1,a_2,...$ be an infinite sequence of real numbers with $a_n\in [1,M]$ for any $n\in \mathbb{N}$. Show that for any $\epsilon\ge 0$, there exists a positive integer $n$ such that $$\frac{a_n}{a_{n+1}}+\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_{n+2}}+\cdots+\frac{a_{n+t-1}}{a_{n+t}}\ge t-\epsilon$$holds for any positive integer $t$.