Problem

Source: St Petersburg 2008 10th grade #7

Tags: inequalities, inequalities proposed



In a sequence, $x_1=\frac{1}{2}$ and $x_{n+1}=1-x_1x_2x_3...x_n$ for $n\ge 1$. Prove that $0.99<x_{100}<0.991$. Fresh translation. This problem may be similar to one of the 9th grade problems.