Problem

Source: 2025 Israel TST Test 1 P1

Tags: number theory, algebra, Sequence



A sequence starts at some rational number $x_1>1$, and is subsequently defined using the recurrence relation \[x_{n+1}=\frac{x_n\cdot n}{\lfloor x_n\cdot n\rfloor }\]Show that $k>0$ exists with $x_k=1$.