Problem

Source: KMO 2022 P7

Tags: inequalities, algebra, Sequence



Suppose that the sequence $\{a_n\}$ of positive reals satisfies the following conditions: $a_i \leq a_j$ for every positive integers $i <j$. For any positive integer $k \geq 3$, the following inequality holds: $$(a_1+a_2)(a_2+a_3)\cdots(a_{k-1}+a_k)(a_k+a_1)\leq (2^k+2022)a_1a_2\cdots a_k$$ Prove that $\{a_n\}$ is constant.