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A. 767
A. 767
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KoMaL A Problems 2019/2020
Problems
(1)
Moving Array
Source: KöMaL A. 767
3/20/2022
In an
n
×
n
n\times n
n
×
n
array all the fields are colored with a different color. In one move one can choose a row, move all the fields one place to the right, and move the last field (from the right) to the leftmost field of the row; or one can choose a column, move all the fields one place downwards, and move the field at the bottom of the column to the top field of the same column. For what values of
n
n
n
is it possible to reach any arrangement of the
n
2
n^2
n
2
fields using these kinds of steps? Proposed by Ádám Schweitzer
combinatorics
Array
komal