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2016 LMT Theme #11

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April 11, 2016

Problem Statement

A single elimination tournament is held with 20162016 participants. In each round, players pair up to play games with each other. There are no ties, and if there are an odd number of players remaining before a round then one person will get a bye for the round. Find the minimum number of rounds needed to determine a winner.
Proposed by Nathan Ramesh