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1995 Moldova Team Selection Test
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7
Part of
1995 Moldova Team Selection Test
Problems
(1)
What are the possible values of $m$?
Source: Moldova TST 1995
8/8/2023
Let
S
=
{
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
,
a
n
}
S=\{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\}
S
=
{
a
1
,
a
2
,
…
,
a
n
}
of nenul vectors in a plane. Show that
S
S{}
S
can be partitioned in nenul subsets
B
1
,
B
2
,
…
,
B
m
B_1, B_2,\ldots, B_m
B
1
,
B
2
,
…
,
B
m
with the properties: 1) each vector from
S
S{}
S
is part of only on subset; 2) if
a
i
∈
B
j
a_i\in B_j
a
i
∈
B
j
then the angle between vectors
a
i
a_i
a
i
and
c
j
c_j
c
j
, which is the sum of all vectors from
B
j
B_j
B
j
is not greater than
π
2
\frac{\pi}{2}
2
π
; 3) if
i
≠
j
i\neq j
i
=
j
then the angle between vectors
c
i
c_i
c
i
and
c
j
c_j
c
j
, which is the sum of all vectors from
B
i
B_i
B
i
and
B
j
B_j
B
j
, respectively, is greater than
π
2
\frac{\pi}{2}
2
π
. What are the possible values of
m
m
m
?
vector