Putnam 2017 A1
- Session A
Let be the smallest set of positive integers such that
(a) is in ,
(b) is in whenever is in , and
(c) is in whenever is in .
Which positive integers are not in ?
(The set is "smallest" in the sense that is contained in any other such set.)
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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