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ISL 2022 A5

Find all positive integers n⩾2n \geqslant 2 for which there exist nn real numbers a1<⋯<ana_{1}<\cdots<a_{n} and a real number r>0r>0 such that the 12n(n−1)\frac{1}{2} n(n-1) differences aj−aia_{j}-a_{i} for 1⩽i<j⩽n1 \leqslant i<j \leqslant n are equal, in some order, to the numbers r1,r2,…,r12n(n−1)r^{1}, r^{2}, \ldots, r^{\frac{1}{2} n(n-1)}. (Czech Republic)

Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.

Official text: IMO 2022 Shortlist booklet, page 5.

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n \in{2,3,4}

Solutions

Official solution Solution 1 by the IMO Problem Selection Committee

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