(15) (+) The set of all positive integers is partitioned into several arithmetic progressions. Show that there is at least one among these arithmetic progressions whose initial term is divisible by its difference.
(15) (+) The set of all positive integers is partitioned into several arithmetic progressions. Show that there is at least one among these arithmetic progressions whose initial term is divisible by its difference.
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Transcribed Image Text:(15) (+) The set of all positive integers is partitioned into several arithmetic
progressions. Show that there is at least one among these arithmetic
progressions whose initial term is divisible by its difference.
(16) Sixty-five points are given inside a square of side length 1. Prove that
there are three of them that span a triangle of area at most 1/32.
(17) Let A be an n x n matrix with 0 and 1 entries only. Let us assume
that n > 2, and that at least 2n entries are equal to 1. Prove that A
contains two entries equal to 1 so that one of them is strictly above and
strictly on the right of the other.
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