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Coloring Points on a circle

Source: 2021 China Second Round Olympiad(B) P4

March 6, 2022
combinatorics

Problem Statement

There are 100 points on a circle that are about to be colored in two colors: red or blue. Find the largest number kk such that no matter how I select and color kk points, you can always color the remaining 100āˆ’k100-k points such that you can connect 50 pairs of points of the same color with lines in a way such that no two lines intersect.