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A positive real number sequence
and a positive integer
is given.
Let
and for each 
Then for every integer
the condition
is satisfied. Prove that this sequence must be eventually constant.


Let


![\[f_n(k)=\frac{a_n+\dots+a_{k+1}}{n-k}-\frac{a_k+\dots+a_1}{k}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/0/4/1/041f80cf63f17c0f62c166021af474a5d305eb87.png)

![\[a_{n+1}=\max_{0\leq k<n}(f_n(k))\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/1/f/b1f5aff787de8fc9c113cf8441a6b2900a19f24f.png)
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