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ISL 1990

IMO Shortlist 1990.

Other problems

Problem 33

Let S be a 1990-element set and P be a set of 100-ary sequences (a1,a2,...,a100)(a_1,a_2,...,a_{100}) ,where ai′sa_i's are distinct elements of S.An ordered pair (x,y) of elements of S is said to appear in (a1,a2,...,a100)(a_1,a_2,...,a_{100}) if x=aix=a_i and y=ajy=a_j for some i,j with 1≤i<j≤1001\leq i<j\leq 100 .Assume that every ordered pair (x,y) of elements of S appears in at most one member in P.Show that ∣P∣≤800|P|\leq 800 .