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German products
Source: Baltic Way 2023/20
11/11/2023
Let
n
n
n
be a positive integer. A German set in an
n
×
n
n \times n
n
×
n
square grid is a set of
n
n
n
cells which contains exactly one cell in each row and column. Given a labelling of thecells with the integers from
1
1
1
to
n
2
n^2
n
2
using each integer exactly once, we say that an integer is a German product if it is the product of the labels of the cells in a German set.(a) Let
n
=
8
n=8
n
=
8
. Determine whether there exists a labelling of an
8
×
8
8 \times 8
8
×
8
grid such that the following condition is fulfilled: The difference of any two German products is alwaysdivisible by
65
65
65
.(b) Let
n
=
10
n=10
n
=
10
. Determine whether there exists a labelling of a
10
×
10
10 \times 10
10
×
10
grid such that the following condition is fulfilled: The difference of any two German products is always divisible by
101
101
101
.
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