Problem

Source: Mexico Regional Contest 2012-Problem 1

Tags: combinatorics, pigeonhole principle



Consider the set: $A = \{1, 2,..., 100\}$ Prove that if we take $11$ different elements from $A$, there are $x, y$ such that $x \neq y$ and $0 < |\sqrt{x} - \sqrt{y}| < 1$