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BxMO 2013 Problem 1

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Let n⩾3n \geqslant 3 be an integer. A frog is to jump along the real axis, starting at the point 0 and making nn jumps: one of length 1 , one of length 2,…2, \ldots, one of length nn. It may perform these nn jumps in any order. If at some point the frog is sitting on a number a⩽0a \leqslant 0, its next jump must be to the right (towards the positive numbers). If at some point the frog is sitting on a number a>0a>0, its next jump must be to the left (towards the negative numbers). Find the largest positive integer kk for which the frog can perform its jumps in such an order that it never lands on any of the numbers 1,2,…,k1,2, \ldots, k.

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\left\lfloor\frac{n-1}{2}\right\rfloor

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