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IMSO 2012 - Mathematics - Exploration Question 4

IMSO Maths · IMSO 2012 - Mathematics - Exploration

Question 4

Select as many integers as possible from $1$ to $21$ so that no two disjoint pairs have the same difference. For example $\{1,3,5,13\}$ is such a collection; since the two pairs $3-1=5-3$ are not disjoint. On the other hand, $\{1,2,4,7,10\}$ is not since $4-1=10-7$. What is the maximum number of integers that can be selected?