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Putnam 2012 A4

  • Session A

Let qq and rr be integers with q>0q > 0, and let AA and BB be intervals on the real line. Let TT be the set of all b+mqb+mq where bb and mm are integers with bb in BB, and let SS be the set of all integers aa in AA such that rara is in TT. Show that if the product of the lengths of AA and BB is less than qq, then SS is the intersection of AA with some arithmetic progression.

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