Problem

Source: Bulgaria NMO 2024, Problem 4

Tags: algebra



Do there exist $2024$ non-zero reals $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{2024}$, such that $$\sum_{i=1}^{2024}(a_i^2+\frac{1}{a_i^2})+2\sum_{i=1}^{2024} \frac{a_i} {a_{i+1}}+2024=2\sum_{i=1}^{2024}(a_i+\frac{1}{a_i})?$$