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Baltic Way
1991 Baltic Way
12
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Part of
1991 Baltic Way
Problems
(1)
Two diagonals have the same colouring before and after
Source:
4/19/2013
The vertices of a convex
1991
1991
1991
-gon are enumerated with integers from
1
1
1
to
1991
1991
1991
. Each side and diagonal of the
1991
1991
1991
-gon is colored either red or blue. Prove that, for an arbitrary renumeration of vertices, one can find integers
k
k
k
and
l
l
l
such that the segment connecting the vertices numbered
k
k
k
and
l
l
l
before the renumeration has the same color as the segment connecting the vertices numbered
k
k
k
and
l
l
l
after the renumeration.