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Problem of the Month – May 2019

Let S = {1, 2, . . . , 2019} and A1, A2, . . . , An be subsets of S such that the union of any
three of them is equal to S and the union of any two of them is not equal to S.
Find the maximal possible value of n.

 

Correct Solutions by,

  • Toshihiro Shimizu Kawasaki, Japan
  • Murat Chashmetov TSU Turkmenistan
  • Bora Ege Duygun Bilkent University
  • Magnus Jakobsson Lund, Sweden
  • Roger Bengtsson Lund, Sweden
  • Max Nilsson Lund,  Sweden
  • Steffen Weber Ismanıng, Germany
  • İrem Nur Çevikcan Buca İnci Özer Tırnaklı Fen Lisesi
  • Feray Lina Yence Buca İnci Özer Tırnaklı Fen Lisesi
  • Asude Ebrar Kızıloğlu Kadıköy Özel Eğitmen Fen ve Anadolu Lisesi
  • Ayşe Zehra Şen İstanbul Lisesi
  • Hasan Zübeyr Demir Özel Ankara Çağlayan Fen Lisesi
  • Sude Filiz İzmir Bilfen Fen Lisesi
  • Serdar Hojayev Dashoguz, Turkmenistan

Solution: http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~cvmath/Problem/1905a.pdf