Arithmetic Table
Source: Simurgh 2019 - Problem 1
February 24, 2019
arithmetic sequence
Problem Statement
Show that there exists a table of distinct natural numbers such that if is equal to the multiplication of numbers of row and is equal to multiplication of numbers of column , then numbers , , ... , make a nontrivial arithmetic sequence and numbers , , ... , also make a nontrivial arithmetic sequence.
(A nontrivial arithmetic sequence is an arithmetic sequence with common difference between terms not equal to ).