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MathNet 2005 — Part 02 Question 59

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2005 — Part 02

Question 59

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{m}$ be arbitrary positive integers. Prove that there exist distinct positive integers $b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots, b_{n}$, $n \leq m$, such that the following two conditions are satisfied:
(1) all subsets of $\{b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots, b_{n}\}$ have distinct sums of elements;
(2) every number $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{m}$ is the sum of the elements of some subset of $\{b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots, b_{n}\}$.