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two sets of intervals on a line

Source: Czech and Slovak Match 1996 P5

October 1, 2017
setintervalcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Two sets of intervals A,BA ,B on the line are given. The set AA contains 2māˆ’12m-1 intervals, every two of which have an interior point in common. Moreover, every interval from AA contains at least two disjoint intervals from BB. Show that there exists an interval in BB which belongs to at least mm intervals from AA .