Skip to content / Đến nội dung
ThichHocToan.com

USAJMO 2010 Question 5

USAJMO · USAJMO 2010

Question 5

Two permutations $(a_1,\ldots,a_{2010})$ and $(b_1,\ldots,b_{2010})$ of $1,\ldots,2010$ intersect if $a_k=b_k$ for some $k$. Prove that there exist 1006 permutations such that every other permutation intersects at least one of them.

Proposed by Gregory Galperin (credit in the supplied notes).