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Tags: combinatorics, 3rd edition



In a soccer championship $2004$ teams are subscribed. Because of the extremely large number of teams the usual rules of the championship are modified as follows: a) any two teams can play against one each other at most one game; b) from any $4$ teams, $3$ of them play against one each other. How many days are necessary to make such a championship, knowing that each team can play at most one game per day?