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APMO 2022 Problem 4

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Let nn and kk be positive integers. Cathy is playing the following game. There are nn marbles and kk boxes, with the marbles labelled 1 to nn. Initially, all marbles are placed inside one box. Each turn, Cathy chooses a box and then moves the marbles with the smallest label, say ii, to either any empty box or the box containing marble i+1i+1. Cathy wins if at any point there is a box containing only marble nn. Determine all pairs of integers (n,k)(n, k) such that Cathy can win this game.

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n \leq 2^{k-1}

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