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All possible subsets with condition.

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October 4, 2010
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Problem Statement

(MON3)(MON 3) Let Ak(1kh)A_k (1 \le k \le h) be nn-element sets such that each two of them have a nonempty intersection. Let AA be the union of all the sets Ak,A_k, and let BB be a subset of AA such that for each k(1kh)k (1\le k \le h) the intersection of AkA_k and BB consists of exactly two different elements aka_k and bkb_k. Find all subsets XX of the set AA with rr elements satisfying the condition that for at least one index k,k, both elements aka_k and bkb_k belong to XX.