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Putnam 1985 B3

  • Session B

Let a1,1a1,2a1,3…a2,1a2,2a2,3…a3,1a3,2a3,3…⋮⋮⋮⋱\begin{array}{cccc} a_{1,1} & a_{1,2} & a_{1,3} & \dots \\ a_{2,1} & a_{2,2} & a_{2,3} & \dots \\ a_{3,1} & a_{3,2} & a_{3,3} & \dots \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots \end{array} be a doubly infinite array of positive integers, and suppose each positive integer appears exactly eight times in the array. Prove that am,n>mna_{m,n} > mn for some pair of positive integers (m,n)(m,n).

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