Given is natural number $n$. Sasha claims that for any $n$ rays in space, no two of which have a common point, he will be able to mark on these rays $k$ points lying on one sphere. What is the largest $k$ for which his statement is true?
Source: All-Russian 2022 11.6
Tags: combinatorics, geometry
Given is natural number $n$. Sasha claims that for any $n$ rays in space, no two of which have a common point, he will be able to mark on these rays $k$ points lying on one sphere. What is the largest $k$ for which his statement is true?