[#P11730] Does Kimberling's expulsion diagonal contain every positive integer?
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Problem. Start with row \(1\) equal to \(1,2,3,\ldots\). To make row \(r+1\) from row \(r\), list the entry immediately right of row \(r\)'s diagonal entry, then the first entry left of it, then the second right, second left, and so on, continuing with new consecutive integers when the finite left side is exhausted. Prove that the main diagonal of the resulting array is a permutation of the positive integers.
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