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Source: Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik 2024, Round 2 - Problem 4

September 13, 2024
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Problem Statement

In Sikinia, there are 20242024 cities. Between some of them there are flight connections, which can be used in either direction. No city has a direct flight to all 20232023 other cities. It is known, however, that there is a positive integer nn with the following property: For any nn cities in Sikinia, there is another city which is directly connected to all these cities. Determine the largest possible value of nn.