ISL 2014 N1
Let be an integer, and let be the set Determine the largest positive integer that cannot be written as the sum of one or more (not necessarily distinct) elements of . (Serbia)
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Official text: IMO 2014 Shortlist booklet, page 10.
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(n-2) 2^{n}+1
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Official solution Solution 1 by the IMO Problem Selection Committee
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