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10 checkers on a 8x8 board

Source: III May Olympiad (Olimpiada de Mayo) 1997 L1 P3

September 17, 2022
combinatorics

Problem Statement

On an 8×88 \times 8 board, 1010 checkers have been placed, each occupying a square. On each square without a token, a number between 00 and 88 is written, which is equal to the number of tokens placed on its neighboring squares. Neighboring cells are those that have a side or a vertex in common. Give a distribution of the tiles that makes the sum of the numbers written on the board the greatest possible.