BxMO 2013 Problem 1
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Let be an integer. A frog is to jump along the real axis, starting at the point 0 and making jumps: one of length 1 , one of length , one of length . It may perform these jumps in any order. If at some point the frog is sitting on a number , its next jump must be to the right (towards the positive numbers). If at some point the frog is sitting on a number , its next jump must be to the left (towards the negative numbers). Find the largest positive integer for which the frog can perform its jumps in such an order that it never lands on any of the numbers .
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\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{2}\right\rfloor
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