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Putnam 1978 A1
Source: Putnam 1978
5/2/2022
Let
A
A
A
be any set of
20
20
20
distinct integers chosen from the arithmetic progression
1
,
4
,
7
,
…
,
100
1, 4, 7,\ldots,100
1
,
4
,
7
,
…
,
100
. Prove that there must be two distinct integers in
A
A
A
whose sum is
104
104
104
.
Putnam
arithmetic sequence