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Subtract and Divide
Subtract and Divide
Source: USAMO 1998
October 9, 2005
induction
modular arithmetic
algebra proposed
algebra
Problem Statement
Prove that for each
n
≥
2
n\geq 2
n
≥
2
, there is a set
S
S
S
of
n
n
n
integers such that
(
a
−
b
)
2
(a-b)^2
(
a
−
b
)
2
divides
a
b
ab
ab
for every distinct
a
,
b
∈
S
a,b\in S
a
,
b
∈
S
.
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