Notation: We borrow subscript and superscript notation from D. Knuth's TeX. So, a with a subscript j is written a_j.
Consider the simple graph, based just on typing, below. The graph shows the first four values of a specific sequence a_j. This sequence is a contradiction to claim of Problem 6.
In this graph, the values of j = 1, 2, ... are plotted on the horizontal axis with 1, 2, ..., and the values of the a_j are plotted on the vertical axis from 1 to 2015. We plot a value of a_j as just 'a'. Due to constraint (ii), we indicate by 'x' points that, due to prior values of a_j, cannot have an 'a'. So, the graph is:
2015
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.
.
a_j .
5
4
3 a a
2 x x ...
1 axax
123456789
j
Then the first two terms of the sequence
a_j are: a_1 = 3
a_2 = 1
and generally for j = 1, 2, ..., a_j is: /
| 3 if j is odd
|
a_j = <
|
| 1 if j is even
\
Then for any positive integer b and j = 1,
2, ... (a_j - b) + (a_{j + 1} - b) >= 2
More generally for positive integers
m and k, sum_{j = m + 1}^{m + 2k} (a_j - b) >= 2 k
Then for any positive integer N, we can
set m = N and n = m + 2(1007^2) and get | sum_{j=m+1}^n (a_j - b) |
= sum_{j=m+1}^n (a_j - b)
= 2 (1007^2) > 1007^2
showing that the claim is false.