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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine number theory

Problem

Positive integers are such that are divisible by for (we assume that ). What is the largest value that the maximum of these numbers can attain?
Solution
Without loss of generality, let be the largest of these numbers (or one of the largest). It is clear that for any . If we add all these 100 inequalities, we get , that is . From the condition is divisible by , and from the fact that is the largest we have , so , therefore . It remains to show that there is an example where the maximum is equal to 201. Indeed, consider the set 101, 102, ..., 201, for it for and , so this example satisfies the problem.
Final answer
201

Techniques

Divisibility / FactorizationColoring schemes, extremal argumentsLinear and quadratic inequalities