DK-GEORGMOHR 2024 Problem 4
Three different numbers are written on a blackboard. Each of the numbers are either or a positive integer. In each move, Alma may choose two numbers and , where , and replace them by and . After a finite number of moves Alma achieves that there are three identical numbers on the blackboard. Which numbers may have been on the blackboard at the beginning?
Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.
Official text: Georg Mohr Contest 2024 official paper, page 1.
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