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Putnam B4 2005

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For positive integers mm and nn, let f(m,n)f(m, n) denote the number of nn-tuples (x1,x2,,xn)(x_1, x_2, \dots , x_n) of integers such that x1+x2++xnm|x_1|+|x_2|+ \cdots +|x_n| \leq m. Show that f(m,n)=f(n,m)f(m, n) = f(n, m).

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