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IMO 2004 Problem 3

  • Day 1

Define a "hook" to be a figure made up of six unit squares as shown below in the picture, or any of the figures obtained by applying rotations and reflections to this figure.

[asy] unitsize(0.5 cm);

draw((0,0)--(1,0)); draw((0,1)--(1,1)); draw((2,1)--(3,1)); draw((0,2)--(3,2)); draw((0,3)--(3,3)); draw((0,0)--(0,3)); draw((1,0)--(1,3)); draw((2,1)--(2,3)); draw((3,1)--(3,3)); [/asy] Determine all m×nm\times n rectangles that can be covered without gaps and without overlaps with hooks such that

  • the rectangle is covered without gaps and without overlaps
  • no part of a hook covers area outside the rectangle.

Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.

Official text: IMO 2004 official English paper, page 1.

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