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Increasing Function B

A sequence x[n] of integers satisfies x[1] = 1 and x[n] < x[n + 1] < 2n + 1 for all positive integers n.  Prove that for every integer k, one can find "a" and "b" such that k = x[b] - x[a].

Source: Arne Smeets, nrich.maths.org

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