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Elements of set

Source: APMO 1998

March 17, 2006
combinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Let FF be the set of all nn-tuples (A1,,An)(A_1, \ldots, A_n) such that each AiA_{i} is a subset of {1,2,,1998}\{1, 2, \ldots, 1998\}. Let A|A| denote the number of elements of the set AA. Find (A1,,An)FA1A2An \sum_{(A_1, \ldots, A_n)\in F} |A_1\cup A_2\cup \cdots \cup A_n|