olymmath

INMO 2025 Problem 2

    Let n≥2n\ge 2 be a positive integer. The integers 1,2,⋯ ,n1,2,\cdots,n are written on a board. In a move, Alice can pick two integers written on the board a≠ba\neq b such that a+ba+b is an even number, erase both aa and bb from the board and write the number a+b2\frac{a+b}{2} on the board instead. Find all nn for which Alice can make a sequence of moves so that she ends up with only one number remaining on the board.Note. When n=3n=3 , Alice changes (1,2,3)(1,2,3) to (2,2)(2,2) and can't make any further moves.

    Proposed by Rohan Goyal

    Dataset text AI-MO AoPS. Quoted with source.

    Official text: Indian National Mathematical Olympiad 2025 official paper, page 1.

    Solutions

    No solution is on olymmath yet. Official and human solutions come first when they arrive. AI solutions come after them, with a label.

    Add a solution

    Similar problems

    These problems have the most words in common with this statement.

    Locator in-inmo/2025/p2 · Tag T4WZHWQP51 · Edit this page on GitHub · Keys: j next, k previous