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Non-intersecting broken lines

Source: Iran TST 2012-Third exam-2nd day-P5

May 16, 2012
rotationinequalitiescombinatorial geometrycombinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Let nn be a natural number. Suppose AA and BB are two sets, each containing nn points in the plane, such that no three points of a set are collinear. Let T(A)T(A) be the number of broken lines, each containing nāˆ’1n-1 segments, and such that it doesn't intersect itself and its vertices are points of AA. Define T(B)T(B) similarly. If the points of BB are vertices of a convex nn-gon (are in convex position), but the points of AA are not, prove that T(B)<T(A)T(B)<T(A).
Proposed by Ali Khezeli