Home Competitions Putnam 2018 B1
Let P \mathcal{P} P be the set of vectors defined by P = { ( a b ) ∣ 0 ≤ a ≤ 2 , 0 ≤ b ≤ 100 , and a , b ∈ Z } . \mathcal{P} = \left\{ \left. \begin{pmatrix} a \\ b \end{pmatrix} \right| 0 \leq a \leq 2, 0 \leq b \leq 100, \text{ and } a,b \in \mathbb{Z} \right\}. P = { ( a b ) 0 ≤ a ≤ 2 , 0 ≤ b ≤ 100 , and a , b ∈ Z } . Find all v ∈ P \mathbf{v} \in \mathcal{P} v ∈ P such that the set P ∖ { v } \mathcal{P} \setminus \{ \mathbf{v} \} P ∖ { v } obtained by omitting vector v \mathbf{v} v from P \mathcal{P} P can be partitioned into two sets of equal size and equal sum.
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Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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