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Permutation times exponential zero

Source: INMO 2022 Problem 2

March 6, 2022
INMOINMO 2022combinatoricsalgebra

Problem Statement

Find all natural numbers nn for which there is a permutation σ\sigma of {1,2,,n}\{1,2,\ldots, n\} that satisfies: i=1nσ(i)(2)i1=0 \sum_{i=1}^n \sigma(i)(-2)^{i-1}=0