IMO Shortlist 2004 problem A2


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April 2, 2012
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Let a_0, a_1, a_2, ... be an infinite sequence of real numbers satisfying the equation a_n=\left|a_{n+1}-a_{n+2}\right| for all n\geq 0, where a_0 and a_1 are two different positive reals.

Can this sequence a_0, a_1, a_2, ... be bounded?

Remark This one is from the IMO Shortlist 2004, but it's already published on the official BWM website und thus I take the freedom to post it here:
Source: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 2004