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ISL 2006 C7

    Consider a convex polyhedron without parallel edges and without an edge parallel to any face other than the two faces adjacent to it. Call a pair of points of the polyhedron antipodal if there exist two parallel planes passing through these points and such that the polyhedron is contained between these planes. Let AA be the number of antipodal pairs of vertices, and let BB be the number of antipodal pairs of midpoints of edges. Determine the difference A−BA-B in terms of the numbers of vertices, edges and faces. (Japan)

    Official text Transcription from NuminaMath olympiads, checked word for word against the official paper. Quoted with source.

    Official text: IMO 2006 Shortlist booklet, page 32.

    Solutions

    Official solution Solution 1 by the IMO Problem Selection Committee

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