IMO Shortlist 2012 problem C6


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The liar's guessing game is a game played between two players A and B. The rules of the game depend on two positive integers k and n which are known to both players.

At the start of the game A chooses integers x and N with 1 \le x \le N. Player A keeps x secret, and truthfully tells N to player B. Player B now tries to obtain information about x by asking player A questions as follows: each question consists of B specifying an arbitrary set S of positive integers (possibly one specified in some previous question), and asking A whether x belongs to S. Player B may ask as many questions as he wishes. After each question, player A must immediately answer it with yes or no, but is allowed to lie as many times as she wants; the only restriction is that, among any k+1 consecutive answers, at least one answer must be truthful.

After B has asked as many questions as he wants, he must specify a set X of at most n positive integers. If x belongs to X, then B wins; otherwise, he loses. Prove that:

1. If n \ge 2^k, then B can guarantee a win.
2. For all sufficiently large k, there exists an integer n \ge (1.99)^k such that B cannot guarantee a win.

Proposed by David Arthur, Canada
Izvor: Međunarodna matematička olimpijada, shortlist 2012