IMO Shortlist 1991 problem 29
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Avg: 0,0 Two students and are playing the following game: Each of them writes down on a sheet of paper a positive integer and gives the sheet to the referee. The referee writes down on a blackboard two integers, one of which is the sum of the integers written by the players. After that, the referee asks student “Can you tell the integer written by the other student?” If A answers “no,” the referee puts the same question to student If answers “no,” the referee puts the question back to and so on. Assume that both students are intelligent and truthful. Prove that after a finite number of questions, one of the students will answer “yes.”
Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 1991