Problem

Source: 2023 NZMO - New Zealand Maths Olympiad Round 2 p4

Tags: combinatorics



For any positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ be the number of subsets of $\{1, 2, . . . , n\}$ whose sum is equal to $n$. Does there exist infinitely many positive integers $m$ such that $f(m) = f(m + 1)$? (Note that each element in a subset must be distinct.)