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(1)
Edge-colored Kn has a colorful triangle
Source: Bulgarian Winter Tournament 2024 11.4
1/28/2024
Let
n
,
k
n, k
n
,
k
be positive integers with
k
≥
3
k \geq 3
k
≥
3
. The edges of of a complete graph
K
n
K_n
K
n
are colored in
k
k
k
colors, such that for any color
i
i
i
and any two vertices, there exists a path between them, consisting only of edges in color
i
i
i
. Prove that there exist three vertices
A
,
B
,
C
A, B, C
A
,
B
,
C
of
K
n
K_n
K
n
, such that
A
B
,
B
C
AB, BC
A
B
,
BC
and
C
A
CA
C
A
are all distinctly colored.
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