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BALTIC-WAY 2015 Problem 9

    Let n>2n>2 be an integer. A deck contains n(n−1)2\frac{n(n-1)}{2} cards, numbered

    1,2,3,…,n(n−1)21,2,3, \ldots, \frac{n(n-1)}{2}

    Two cards form a magic pair if their numbers are consecutive, or if their numbers are 1 and n(n−1)2\frac{n(n-1)}{2}.

    For which nn is it possible to distribute the cards into nn stacks in such a manner that, among the cards in any two stacks, there is exactly one magic pair?

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