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EGMO 2022 Problem 5

  • Day 2
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For all positive integers n,kn, k, let f(n,2k)f(n, 2 k) be the number of ways an n×2kn \times 2 k board can be fully covered by nkn k dominoes of size 2×12 \times 1. (For example, f(2,2)=2f(2,2)=2 and f(3,2)=3f(3,2)=3.) Find all positive integers nn such that for every positive integer kk, the number f(n,2k)f(n, 2 k) is odd. Proposed by: U.S.A.

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2^{k}-1

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