Problem

Source: JBMO Shortlist 2020

Tags: Junior, Balkan, shortlist, 2020, number theory



Find the largest integer $k$ ($k \ge 2$), for which there exists an integer $n$ ($n \ge k$) such that from any collection of $n$ consecutive positive integers one can always choose $k$ numbers, which verify the following conditions: 1. each chosen number is not divisible by $6$, by $7$, nor by $8$; 2. the positive difference of any two distinct chosen numbers is not divisible by at least one of the numbers $6$, $7$, and $8$.