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Let n ≥ 1 be an integer. Use the Pigeonhole Principle to prove that in any...

Let n ≥ 1 be an integer. Use the Pigeonhole Principle to prove that in any set of n + 1 integers from {1, 2, . . . , 2n}, there are two elements that are consecutive (i.e., differ by one).

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