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Subset coloring

Source: USAMO 2015 Problem 3

April 28, 2015
AMCUSAMOUSA(J)MO

Problem Statement

Let S={1,2,,n}S = \left\{ 1,2,\dots,n \right\}, where n1n \ge 1. Each of the 2n2^n subsets of SS is to be colored red or blue. (The subset itself is assigned a color and not its individual elements.) For any set TST \subseteq S, we then write f(T)f(T) for the number of subsets of TT that are blue.
Determine the number of colorings that satisfy the following condition: for any subsets T1T_1 and T2T_2 of SS, f(T1)f(T2)=f(T1T2)f(T1T2). f(T_1)f(T_2) = f(T_1 \cup T_2)f(T_1 \cap T_2).