Problem

Source: Saudi Arabia IMO TST Day III Problem 3

Tags: combinatorics unsolved, combinatorics



There are $2015$ coins on a table. For $i = 1, 2, \dots , 2015$ in succession, one must turn over exactly $i$ coins. Prove that it is always possible either to make all of the coins face up or to make all of the coins face down, but not both.