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ISL 2012 C7

    There are given 25002^{500} points on a circle labeled 1,2,…,25001,2, \ldots, 2^{500} in some order. Prove that one can choose 100 pairwise disjoint chords joining some of these points so that the 100 sums of the pairs of numbers at the endpoints of the chosen chords are equal.

    Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

    Official text: IMO 2012 Shortlist booklet, page 5.

    Solutions

    Official solution Solution 1 by the IMO Problem Selection Committee

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