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A sequence such that pawn returns to original square
Source: Balkan MO ShortList 2008 C4
4/5/2020
An array
n
×
n
n \times n
n
×
n
is given, consisting of
n
2
n^2
n
2
unit squares. A pawn is placed arbitrarily on a unit square. A move of the pawn means a jump from a square of the
k
k
k
th column to any square of the
k
k
k
th row. Show that there exists a sequence of
n
2
n^2
n
2
moves of the pawn so that all the unit squares of the array are visited once and, in the end, the pawn returns to the original position.