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Good sets of cards

Source: St Petersburg 2022 11.7

September 28, 2022
combinatoricsBaron Munchausen

Problem Statement

Given is a set of 2n2n cards numbered 1,2,,n1,2, \cdots, n, each number appears twice. The cards are put on a table with the face down. A set of cards is called good if no card appears twice. Baron Munchausen claims that he can specify 8080 sets of nn cards, of which at least one is sure to be good. What is the maximal nn for which the Baron's words could be true?