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1984 IMO Longlists
Problems
(1)
Colouring natural numbers using 15 colours
Source:
10/11/2010
Decide whether it is possible to color the
1984
1984
1984
natural numbers
1
,
2
,
3
,
⋯
,
1984
1, 2, 3, \cdots, 1984
1
,
2
,
3
,
⋯
,
1984
using
15
15
15
colors so that no geometric sequence of length
3
3
3
of the same color exists.
geometric sequence
number theory unsolved
number theory