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MathNet 2005 — Part 04 Question 2

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2005 — Part 04

Question 2

Let $S=\{s_{0}, \ldots, s_{n}\}$ be a finite set of integers, and define $S+k=\{s_{0}+k, \ldots, s_{n}+k\}$. We say that $S$ and $T$ are equivalent, written $S \sim T$, if $T=S+k$ for some $k$. Given a (possibly infinite) set of integers $A$, we say that $S$ tiles $A$ if $A$ can be partitioned into subsets equivalent to $S$. Such a partition is called a tiling of $A$ by $S$.

Find all sets $S$ with minimum element $1$ that tile $A=\{1, \ldots, 12\}$.