partition lattice points into pairs / infinite chessboard
Source: Polish MO Finals 1978 p2
August 24, 2024
combinatoricscombinatorial geometry
Problem Statement
In a coordinate plane, consider the set of points with integer cooedinates at least one of which is not divisible by . Prove that these points cannot be partitioned into pairs such that the distance between points in each pair equals .
In other words, an infinite chessboard, whose cells with both coordinates divisible by are cut out, cannot be tiled by dominoes.