10000 men are randomly arranged in an array of 100 rows and 100 columns.
Tallest among each row of all are asked to come out. And the shortest among them is A.
Similarly after resuming them to their original positions, the shortest among each column are asked to come out. And the tallest among them is B.
What can we say about the heights of A and B?
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For any m × n matrix A [ m ] [ n ] :
m i n ( C o l u m n ) A 1 1 A 2 1 A r 1 A m 1 m i n ( C 1 ) A 1 2 A 2 2 … A r 2 … A m 2 … m i n ( C 2 ) … … … … … A 1 n A 2 n A r n A m n m i n ( C n ) m a x ( R o w ) m a x ( R 1 ) m a x ( R 2 ) m a x ( R r ) m a x ( R m )
Let m i n ( m a x ( R o w ) ) = m a x ( R r ) .
Now, by definition
m i n ( C 1 ) ≤ A r 1 ≤ m a x ( R r ) m i n ( C 2 ) ≤ A r 2 ≤ m a x ( R r ) … m i n ( C n ) ≤ A r n ≤ m a x ( R r )
⇒ m a x ( m i n ( C o l u m n ) ) ≤ m a x ( R r )
⇒ m a x ( m i n ( C o l u m n ) ) ≤ m i n ( m a x ( R o w ) )
⇒ B ≤ A