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bw in a 13x13 grid
Source: 2016 Swedish Mathematical Competition p6
5/1/2021
Each cell in a
13
×
13
13 \times 13
13
×
13
grid table is painted in black or white. Each move consists of choosing a subsquare of size either
2
×
2
2 \times 2
2
×
2
or
9
×
9
9 \times 9
9
×
9
, and painting all white cells of the choosen subsquare black, and painting all its black cells white. It is always possible to get all cells of the original square black, after a finite number of such moves ?
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