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MathNet 2016-part-02 — 184 problems (EN–VI) Question 174

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2016-part-02 — 184 problems (EN–VI)

Question 174

For real numbers $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}$, all distinct, we compute the $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ sums $a_{i}+a_{j}$ with $1 \leq i\lt j \leq n$ and then sort these from small to large. Determine all integers $n \geq 3$ for which there exist $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}$ such that this sequence of $\frac{n(n-1)}{2}$ sums forms an arithmetic progression (i.e. the difference between two consecutive terms is always the same).