Curriculum · Olympiad Topics · Extremal Principle

Proof Writing

The craft of the written proof: structure, rigor, and the reader's experience.

Objectives

Structure proofs clearly
Close logical gaps
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●●●●○What is the smallest

n

such that any

n

integers must contain two whose difference is divisible by

7

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