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IMO 2019 — Complete Shortlist Question 8

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Question 8

The infinite sequence $a_{0}, a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots$ of (not necessarily different) integers has the following properties: $0 \leqslant a_{i} \leqslant i$ for all integers $i \geqslant 0$, and

$$
\binom{k}{a_{0}}+\binom{k}{a_{1}}+\cdots+\binom{k}{a_{k}}=2^{k}
$$

for all integers $k \geqslant 0$.
Prove that all integers $N \geqslant 0$ occur in the sequence (that is, for all $N \geqslant 0$, there exists $i \geqslant 0$ with $\left.a_{i}=N\right)$.