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Looking for a 4-cycle in a graph

Source: Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik 2021, Round 2 - Problem 2

September 22, 2021
combinatoricscombinatorics proposedgraph theorygraph cycles

Problem Statement

A school has 2021 students, each of which knows at least 45 of the other students (where "knowing" is mutual).
Show that there are four students who can be seated at a round table such that each of them knows both of her neighbours.