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Putnam 2014 B3

  • Session B

Let AA be an m×nm \times n matrix with rational entries. Suppose that there are at least m+nm+n distinct prime numbers among the absolute values of the entries of AA. Show that the rank of AA is at least 2.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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