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MMO 185 Moscow MO 1950 erase 90 from 1,2,3,...,101 increasing / decreasing

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August 6, 2019
algebracombinatorics

Problem Statement

The numbers 1,2,3,...,1011, 2, 3, . . . , 101 are written in a row in some order. Prove that it is always possible to erase 9090 of the numbers so that the remaining 1111 numbers remain arranged in either increasing or decreasing order.