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Sum from selected rows and columns in over 1000

Source: Kvant Magazine No. 4 M2555

March 14, 2023
combinatoricsKvant

Problem Statement

In each cell of a 2019×20192019\times 2019 board is written the number 11 or the number 1-1. Prove that for some positive integer kk it is possible to select kk rows and kk columns so that the absolute value of the sum of the k2k^2 numbers in the cells at the intersection of the selected rows and columns is more than 10001000.
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