Problem

Source: 2020 Taiwan APMO Preliminary

Tags: Sets, set theory



Let $S$ is the set of permutation of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} (1)For all $\sigma=\sigma_1\sigma_2...\sigma_8\in S$ Evaluate the sum of S=$\sigma_1\sigma_2+\sigma_3\sigma_4+\sigma_5\sigma_6+\sigma_7\sigma_8$. Then for all elements in $S$,what is the arithmetic mean of S? (Notice $S$ and S are different.) (2)In $S$, how many permutations are there which satisfies "For all $k=1,2,...,7$,the digit after k is not (k+1)"?