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Number of acquaintances

Source: 2002 Austrian-Polish, problem 9

September 23, 2006
combinatoricsgraph theory

Problem Statement

A set PP of 20022002 persons is given. The family of subsets of PP containing exactly 10011001 persons has the property that the number of acquaintance pairs in each such subset is the same. (It is assumed that the acquaintance relation is symmetric). Find the best lower estimation of the acquaintance pairs in the set PP.