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PROBLEM 239

Suppose that the temperature at a particular spot on the west bank of the Illinois river has been tracked continuously for millennia. Suppose also that there is precise agreement between the temperature exactly 2006 years ago and right now. Between then and now, must there have been a pair of times, exactly one year apart, when the temperatures precisely agreed with each other?

Be sure to prove that your answer is correct.

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