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Hungary-Israel Binational 1994_4

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October 29, 2008
group theoryabstract algebrapigeonhole principlecombinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

An n\minus{}m society is a group of n n girls and m m boys. Prove that there exists numbers n0 n_0 and m0 m_0 such that every n_0\minus{}m_0 society contains a subgroup of five boys and five girls with the following property: either all of the boys know all of the girls or none of the boys knows none of the girls.