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pow:start [2026/02/10 12:09]
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pow:start [2026/03/25 15:53] (current)
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 ====== Problem of the Week ====== ====== Problem of the Week ======
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-<box 85% round orange| ​ Problem ​(due Monday, ​February 23 ) > +<box 85% round orange| ​ Problem ​(due Monday, ​March 30 ) >
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-In a class with $n>2$ students the teacher wants to assign to each student some topics to work on in such a way that any two students have a unique common topic assigned, each topic is given to more than one student +
-but no topic is assigned to all the students. Show that the teacher has to use at least $n$ topics.+
  
 +Let $n>0$ be an odd integer. Prove that there exists a set $S=\{A_1, \ldots, A_{2n}\}$ of $2n$ distinct points in the plane which are not collinear and such that if $i+j\neq 2n+1$ then the line $A_iA_j$ contains a third point from $S$.   
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 ===== Previous Problems and Solutions===== ===== Previous Problems and Solutions=====
  
 +    * [[pow:​Problem3s26|Problem 3]] No solutions were submitted.
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 +    * [[pow:​Problem2s26|Problem 2]] Solved by Prof. Emmett Wyman.
  
     * [[pow:​Problem1s26|Problem 1]] No solutions were submitted. ​     * [[pow:​Problem1s26|Problem 1]] No solutions were submitted. ​
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