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each deputy quarreled with exactly 3 other deputies

Source: II Soros Olympiad 1995-96 R1 10.10 https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2416727_soros_olympiad_in_mathematics

June 3, 2024
combinatorics

Problem Statement

Each deputy of the Academic Duma quarreled with exactly three other deputies. The President ordered the Speaker to divide the deputies into n factions so that agreement reigned within one faction. For what smallest nn is this always possible? (This means that there is such nn that deputies could always be divided into nn factions, but not always into (nāˆ’1)(n- 1) factions.)