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Pentagon in the plane [lattice point in a pentagram]

Source: Russia 2000

May 16, 2004
analytic geometrygeometryparallelogramgeometry unsolved

Problem Statement

We are given a convex pentagon ABCDEABCDE in the coordinate plane such that AA, BB, CC, DD, EE are lattice points. Let QQ denote the convex pentagon bounded by the five diagonals of the pentagon ABCDEABCDE (so that the vertices of QQ are the interior points of intersection of diagonals of the pentagon ABCDEABCDE). Prove that there exists a lattice point inside of QQ or on the boundary of QQ.