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2017 Dutch BxMO TST
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combinatorics and number theory beautiful problem
Source: Netherlands TST for BxMo 2017 problem 4
2/1/2018
A quadruple
(
a
;
b
;
c
;
d
)
(a; b; c; d)
(
a
;
b
;
c
;
d
)
of positive integers with
a
≤
b
≤
c
≤
d
a \leq b \leq c \leq d
a
≤
b
≤
c
≤
d
is called good if we can colour each integer red, blue, green or purple, in such a way that
i
i
i
of each
a
a
a
consecutive integers at least one is coloured red;
i
i
ii
ii
of each
b
b
b
consecutive integers at least one is coloured blue;
i
i
i
iii
iii
of each
c
c
c
consecutive integers at least one is coloured green;
i
i
i
i
iiii
iiii
of each
d
d
d
consecutive integers at least one is coloured purple. Determine all good quadruples with
a
=
2.
a = 2.
a
=
2.
number theory