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USAMO 1988 Problem 3

  • Day 1

Let XX be the set {1,2,…,20}\{1,2, \ldots, 20\} and let P\mathrm{P} be the set of all 9-element subsets of X\mathrm{X}. Show that for any map f: P\mathrm{P} →X\rightarrow X we can find a 10 -element subset YY of XX, such that f(Y−{k})≠kf(Y-\{k\}) \neq k for any kk in YY.

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