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Putnam 2000 B1

  • Session B

Let aj,bj,cja_j,b_j,c_j be integers for 1≤j≤N1\leq j\leq N. Assume for each jj, at least one of aj,bj,cja_j,b_j,c_j is odd. Show that there exist integers rr, ss, tt such that raj+sbj+tcjra_j+sb_j+tc_j is odd for at least 4N/74N/7 values of jj, 1≤j≤N1\leq j\leq N.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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