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Source: Indian IMOTC 2005 Day 4 Problem 2

September 23, 2005
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Problem Statement

Given real numbers a,α,β,σ and ϱa,\alpha,\beta, \sigma \ and \ \varrho s.t. σ,ϱ>0\sigma, \varrho > 0 and σϱ=116\sigma \varrho = \frac{1}{16}, prove that there exist integers xx and yy s.t. σ(x+α(ax+y+β)ϱ - \sigma \leq (x+\alpha_(ax + y + \beta ) \leq \varrho