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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 1 11G b v Solution by
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First handle possible zero values. If , the previous upper bound forces . Thus, if infinitely many vanish, choosing those indices gives a constant subsequence, which satisfies both inequalities.
Otherwise, discard the finitely many zero values and use to choose increasing indices withSet . The preceding bounds give . For ,For , use and to obtainThe same holds when by symmetry; when , both distances are zero. This proves both required inequalities. The adjacent-distance inequality is understood for , since this subsequence starts at index one and has no .
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