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Existence of monochromatic triangle

Source: 2023 Grosman MO, P7

September 8, 2023
combinatorical geometryColoringEquilateral Trianglecombinatoricsgeometry

Problem Statement

The plane is colored with two colors so that the following property holds: for each real a>0a>0 there is an equilateral triangle of side length aa whose 33 vertices are of the same color.
Prove that for any three numbers a,b,c>0a,b,c>0 for which the sum of any two is greater than the third there is a triangle with sides aa, bb, and cc whose 33 vertices are of the same color.