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plane intersevting uinit cubes, filling space

Source: II Soros Olympiad 1995-96 R3 11.5 https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c2416727_soros_olympiad_in_mathematics

June 6, 2024
combinatoricscombinatorial geometry

Problem Statement

The space is filled in the usual way with unit cubes. (Each cube is adjacent to 66 others that have a common face with it.) On three edges of one of the cubes emerging from one vertex, points are marked at a distance of 1/191/19, 1/91/9 and 1/71/7 from it, respectively. A plane is drawn through these points. Let's consider the many different polygons formed when this plane intersects with the cubes filling the space. How many different (unequal) polygons are there in this set?