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Arithmetic Table
Source: Simurgh 2019 - Problem 1
2/24/2019
Show that there exists a
10
×
10
10 \times 10
10
×
10
table of distinct natural numbers such that if
R
i
R_i
R
i
is equal to the multiplication of numbers of row
i
i
i
and
S
i
S_i
S
i
is equal to multiplication of numbers of column
i
i
i
, then numbers
R
1
R_1
R
1
,
R
2
R_2
R
2
, ... ,
R
10
R_{10}
R
10
make a nontrivial arithmetic sequence and numbers
S
1
S_1
S
1
,
S
2
S_2
S
2
, ... ,
S
10
S_{10}
S
10
also make a nontrivial arithmetic sequence. (A nontrivial arithmetic sequence is an arithmetic sequence with common difference between terms not equal to
0
0
0
).
arithmetic sequence