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NL-NWO 1966 Problem 5

    The image that maps xx to 1−x1 - x is called complement, the image that maps xx to 1x\frac{1}{x} is called invert. Two numbers xx and yy are called related if they can be transferred into each other by means of complementationand/or inversion. A family is a collection of numbers where every two elements are related. Determine the maximum size nn of such a family. Show that the number line can be divided into nn parts, such that each of those nn parts contains exactly one number from each nn -number family.

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