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HMMT 2011 T15

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Denote {1,2,…,n}\{1,2, \ldots, n\} by [n][n], and let SS be the set of all permutations of [ nn ]. Call a subset TT of SS good if every permutation σ\sigma in SS may be written as t1t2t_{1} t_{2} for elements t1t_{1} and t2t_{2} of TT, where the product of two permutations is defined to be their composition. Call a subset of UU of SS extremely good if every permutation σ\sigma in SS may be written as s−1uss^{-1} u s for elements ss of SS and uu of UU. Let τ\tau be the smallest value of ∣T∣/∣S∣|T| /|S| for all good subsets TT, and let vv be the smallest value of ∣U∣/∣S∣|U| /|S| for all extremely good subsets UU. Prove that v≥τ\sqrt{v} \geq \tau.

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