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KURSCHAK 1984 Problem 3

    Given are nn integers, not necessarily distinct, and two positive integers pp and qq . If the nn numbers are not all distinct, choose two equal ones. Add pp to one of them and subtract qq from the other. If there are still equal ones among the nn numbers, repeat this procedure. Prove that after a finite number of steps, all nn numbers are distinct.

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