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If n = 2k, then the new arrival makes a group of 2k + 1, and by the premiss of the problem, everyone in this new group must be friends with at least k + 1 of the group. So the new arrival has k + 1 friends already seated and at most k - 1 people separating them so he must have two adjacent friends he can be placed between.
If n = 2k + 1 his arrival makes 2k + 2 and he must have k + 1 friends in that group. Again they are already seated with at most k people separating them so there must be two adjacent that he can be seated between.
So, in either case the statement is true for n + 1, and is therefore true for all n >2.
The key to the solution is that with the arrival of a new person he has in any case a minimum of k + 1 friends among 2k or 2k + 1 people already seated.
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