IMC 2004 · Problem 1

Day 120 points11th IMC · Skopje, Macedonia

Statement

Let SS be an infinite set of real numbers such that s1+s2++sk<1|s_1 + s_2 + \dots + s_k| < 1 for every finite subset {s1,s2,,sk}S\{s_1, s_2, \dots, s_k\} \subset S. Show that SS is countable.

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