IMO ShortList 2002, combinatorics problem 3
Source: IMO ShortList 2002, combinatorics problem 3
September 28, 2004
combinatoricsIMO Shortlistcountingbijection
Problem Statement
Let be a positive integer. A sequence of positive integers (not necessarily distinct) is called full if it satisfies the following condition: for each positive integer , if the number appears in the sequence then so does the number , and moreover the first occurrence of comes before the last occurrence of . For each , how many full sequences are there ?