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Belorusija 2012

Belarus 2012 counting and probability

Problem

Determine the greatest positive integer that satisfies the following property: The set of positive integers can be partitioned into subsets such that for all integers and all there exist two distinct elements of whose sum is .
Solution
3. See IMO-2011 Shortlist, Problem C4.
Final answer
2

Techniques

Coloring schemes, extremal argumentsPigeonhole principle