Problem

Source: 2013 China TST Quiz 2 Day 1 P2

Tags: limit, modular arithmetic, quadratics, number theory proposed, number theory



Prove that: there exists a positive constant $K$, and an integer series $\{a_n\}$, satisfying: $(1)$ $0<a_1<a_2<\cdots <a_n<\cdots $; $(2)$ For any positive integer $n$, $a_n<1.01^n K$; $(3)$ For any finite number of distinct terms in $\{a_n\}$, their sum is not a perfect square.