Problem

Source: XV Rioplatense Mathematical Olympiad (2006), Level 3

Tags: combinatorics unsolved, combinatorics



The numbers $1, 2,\ldots, 2006$ are written around the circumference of a circle. A move consists of exchanging two adjacent numbers. After a sequence of such moves, each number ends up $13$ positions to the right of its initial position. lf the numbers $1, 2,\ldots, 2006$ are partitioned into $1003$ distinct pairs, then show that in at least one of the moves, the two numbers of one of the pairs were exchanged.