HMMT 二月 2004 · 团队赛 · 第 5 题
HMMT February 2004 — Team Round — Problem 5
题目详情
- [15] Prove that the number of switch pairs in row n is at most twice the number of odd numbers in row n .
解析
- Prove that the number of switch pairs in row n is at most twice the number of odd numbers in row n . Solution: Each switch pair contains an odd number, and each odd number can belong to at most two switch pairs (since it has only two neighbors).