2017 Guts #15: Weird process II
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February 21, 2017
combinatorics
Problem Statement
Start by writing the integers on the blackboard. At each step, write the smallest positive integer that satisfies both of the following properties on the board.[*] is larger than any integer on the board currently.
[*] cannot be written as the sum of distinct integers on the board.Find the -th integer that you write on the board. Recall that at the beginning, there are already integers on the board.