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CMO 2006 Problem 4

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Consider a round-robin tournament with 2n+12 n+1 teams, where each team plays each other team exactly once. We say that three teams X,YX, Y and ZZ, form a cycle triplet if XX beats Y,YY, Y beats ZZ, and ZZ beats XX. There are no ties.

(a) Determine the minimum number of cycle triplets possible.

(b) Determine the maximum number of cycle triplets possible.

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

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\frac{n(n+1)(2 n+1)}{6}

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