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TOT 503 1996 Spring S A6 -1, +1 on cells of 2^n x n table
Source:
8/16/2024
At first all
2
n
2^n
2
n
rows of a
2
n
×
n
2^n \times n
2
n
×
n
table were filled with all different
n
n
n
-tuples of numbers
+
1
+1
+
1
and
−
1
-1
−
1
. Then some of the numbers were replaced by Os. Prove that one can choose a (non-empty) set of rows such that:(a) the sum of all the numbers in all the chosen rows is
0
0
0
;(b) the sum of all the chosen rows equals the zero row, that is, the sum of numbers in each column of the chosen rows equals
0
0
0
. (G Kondakov, V Chernorutskii)
combinatorics