Problem

Source: Romania TST 2015 Day 3 Problem 4

Tags: combinatorics, Romanian TST, graph theory



Given two integers $h \geq 1$ and $p \geq 2$, determine the minimum number of pairs of opponents an $hp$-member parliament may have, if in every partition of the parliament into $h$ houses of $p$ member each, some house contains at least one pair of opponents.