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May 25, 2007
Problem Statement
Let
a
1
,
⋯
,
a
44
a_{1}, \cdots, a_{44}
a
1
,
⋯
,
a
44
be natural numbers such that
0
<
a
1
<
a
2
<
⋯
<
a
44
<
125.
0<a_{1}<a_{2}< \cdots < a_{44}<125.
0
<
a
1
<
a
2
<
⋯
<
a
44
<
125.
Prove that at least one of the
43
43
43
differences
d
j
=
a
j
+
1
−
a
j
d_{j}=a_{j+1}-a_{j}
d
j
=
a
j
+
1
−
a
j
occurs at least
10
10
10
times.
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