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Omni-MATH / 101 people, sitting at a round table in any order, had 1,2,...,101 cards, respectively. A transfer is someone give one card to one of the two people adjacent to him. Find the small…

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101101 people, sitting at a round table in any order, had 1,2,...,1011,2,... , 101 cards, respectively. A transfer is someone give one card to one of the two people adjacent to him. Find the smallest positive integer kk such that there always can through no more than k k times transfer, each person hold cards of the same number, regardless of the sitting order.
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101 people,  sitting at a round table in any order,  had  1,2,...,101 cards,  respectively.  
A transfer is someone give  one  card  to one of  the two people  adjacent to him.
Find the  smallest positive integer k such that   there always  can  through  no more than  k  times transfer,  each person  hold cards of the same number, regardless of  the sitting order.
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$101$ people,  sitting at a round table in any order,  had  $1,2,... , 101$ cards,  respectively.  
A transfer is someone give  one  card  to one of  the two people  adjacent to him.
Find the  smallest positive integer $k$ such that   there always  can  through  no more than  $ k $  times transfer,  each person  hold cards of the same number, regardless of  the sitting order.

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