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Putnam 2002 A3

  • Session A

Let n≥2n \geq 2 be an integer and TnT_n be the number of non-empty subsets SS of {1,2,3,…,n}\{1, 2, 3, \dots, n\} with the property that the average of the elements of SS is an integer. Prove that Tn−nT_n - n is always even.

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