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Putnam 1993 A3

  • Session A

Let Pn{\cal P}_n be the set of subsets of {1,2,…,n}\{1, 2, \dots, n\}. Let c(n,m)c(n, m) be the number of functions f:Pn→{1,2,…,m}f: {\cal P}_n \to \{1, 2, \dots, m\} such that f(A∩B)=min⁡{f(A),f(B)}f(A \cap B) = \min\{f(A), f(B)\}. Prove that c(n,m)=∑j=1mjn.c(n, m) = \sum_{j=1}^m j^n.

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