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MathNet 2006 — Part 05 Question 66

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2006 — Part 05

Question 66

Consider a set $S$ of 2006 distinct numbers. A subset $T$ of $S$ is called stubborn if for every $u, v$ (not necessarily distinct) in $T$, the number $u + v$ does not belong to $T$. Prove that

i) if $S$ is the set of 2006 first positive integers, then the number of elements of every stubborn subset $T$ of $S$ does not exceed 1003,

ii) if $S$ consists of 2006 arbitrary positive integers then there exists a stubborn subset $T$ of $S$ having 669 elements.