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Replace both of them by their sum

Source: MEMO 2008, Team, Problem 6

September 10, 2008
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Problem Statement

On a blackboard there are n \geq 2, n \in \mathbb{Z}^{\plus{}} numbers. In each step we select two numbers from the blackboard and replace both of them by their sum. Determine all numbers n n for which it is possible to yield n n identical number after a finite number of steps.