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2021 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad
10.7
10.7
Part of
2021 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad
Problems
(1)
integer sequence, 2 strictly increasing sequences
Source: 2021 Ukraine NMO 10.7
4/4/2021
The sequence
a
1
,
a
2
,
.
.
.
,
a
2
n
a_1,a_2, ..., a_{2n}
a
1
,
a
2
,
...
,
a
2
n
of integers is such that each number occurs in no more than
n
n
n
times. Prove that there are two strictly increasing sequences of indices
b
1
,
b
2
,
.
.
.
,
b
n
b_1,b_2, ..., b_{n}
b
1
,
b
2
,
...
,
b
n
and
c
1
,
c
2
,
.
.
.
,
c
n
c_1,c_2, ..., c_{n}
c
1
,
c
2
,
...
,
c
n
are such that every positive integer from the set
{
1
,
2
,
.
.
.
,
2
n
}
\{1,2,...,2n\}
{
1
,
2
,
...
,
2
n
}
occurs exactly in one of these two sequences, and for each
1
≤
i
≤
n
1\le i \le n
1
≤
i
≤
n
is true the condition
a
b
i
≠
a
c
i
a_{b_i} \ne a_{c_i}
a
b
i
=
a
c
i
. (Anton Trygub)
Sequence
algebra