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BALTIC-WAY 2023 Problem 18

    Let p>7p>7 be a prime number and let AA be a subset of {0,1,…,p−1}\{0,1, \ldots, p-1\} consisting of at least p−12\frac{p-1}{2} elements. Show that for each integer rr, there exist (not necessarily distinct) numbers a,b,c,d∈Aa, b, c, d \in A such that

    ab−cd≡r( mod p)a b-c d \equiv r (\bmod p)

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