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A social network has <math>2019</math> users, some pairs of whom are friends. Whenever user <math>A</math> is friends with user <math>B</math>, user <math>B</math> is also friends with user <math>A</math>. Events of the following kind may happen repeatedly, one at a time:
 
A social network has <math>2019</math> users, some pairs of whom are friends. Whenever user <math>A</math> is friends with user <math>B</math>, user <math>B</math> is also friends with user <math>A</math>. Events of the following kind may happen repeatedly, one at a time:
 
Three users <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, and <math>C</math> such that <math>A</math> is friends with both <math>B</math> and <math>C</math>, but <math>B</math> and <math>C</math> are not friends, change their friendship statuses such that <math>B</math> and <math>C</math> are now friends, but <math>A</math> is no longer friends with <math>B</math>, and no longer friends with <math>C</math>. All other friendship statuses are unchanged.
 
Three users <math>A</math>, <math>B</math>, and <math>C</math> such that <math>A</math> is friends with both <math>B</math> and <math>C</math>, but <math>B</math> and <math>C</math> are not friends, change their friendship statuses such that <math>B</math> and <math>C</math> are now friends, but <math>A</math> is no longer friends with <math>B</math>, and no longer friends with <math>C</math>. All other friendship statuses are unchanged.
 
Initially, <math>1010</math> users have <math>1009</math> friends each, and <math>1009</math> users have <math>1010</math> friends each. Prove that there exists a sequence of such events after which each user is friends with at most one other user.
 
Initially, <math>1010</math> users have <math>1009</math> friends each, and <math>1009</math> users have <math>1010</math> friends each. Prove that there exists a sequence of such events after which each user is friends with at most one other user.
  
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== Video Solution==
 
https://youtu.be/p16MaqdvBQQ
 
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Latest revision as of 00:50, 19 November 2023

Problem

A social network has $2019$ users, some pairs of whom are friends. Whenever user $A$ is friends with user $B$, user $B$ is also friends with user $A$. Events of the following kind may happen repeatedly, one at a time: Three users $A$, $B$, and $C$ such that $A$ is friends with both $B$ and $C$, but $B$ and $C$ are not friends, change their friendship statuses such that $B$ and $C$ are now friends, but $A$ is no longer friends with $B$, and no longer friends with $C$. All other friendship statuses are unchanged. Initially, $1010$ users have $1009$ friends each, and $1009$ users have $1010$ friends each. Prove that there exists a sequence of such events after which each user is friends with at most one other user.

Video Solution

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Solution

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See Also

2019 IMO (Problems) • Resources
Preceded by
Problem 2 		1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 Followed by
Problem 4
All IMO Problems and Solutions
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