Problem

Source: Rioplatense Olympiad 2001 P3

Tags: combinatorics, algebra



Let $n>1$ be an integer. For each numbers $(x_1, x_2,\dots, x_n)$ with $x_1^2+x_2^2+x_3^2+\dots +x_n^2=1$, denote $m=\min\{|x_i-x_j|, 0<i<j<n+1\}$ Find the maximum value of $m$.