Let
be an integer. Consider an
chessboard consisting of
unit squares. A configuration of
rooks on this board is
peaceful if every row and every column contains exactly one rook. Find the greatest positive integer
such that, for each peaceful configuration of
rooks, there is a
square which does not contain a rook on any of its
unit squares.
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Let $n \geq 2$ be an integer. Consider an $n \times n$ chessboard consisting of $n^2$ unit squares. A configuration of $n$ rooks on this board is [i]peaceful[/i] if every row and every column contains exactly one rook. Find the greatest positive integer $k$ such that, for each peaceful configuration of $n$ rooks, there is a $k \times k$ square which does not contain a rook on any of its $k^2$ unit squares.