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Considering a simple graph with special conditions

Source: Korea National Olympiad 2010 Problem 4

September 9, 2012
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Problem Statement

There are n(4) n ( \ge 4 ) people and some people shaked hands each other. Two people can shake hands at most 1 time. For arbitrary four people A,B,C,D A, B, C, D such that (A,B),(B,C),(C,D) (A,B), (B,C), (C,D) shaked hands, then one of (A,C),(A,D),(B,D) (A,C), (A,D), (B,D) shaked hand each other. Prove the following statements. (a) Prove that n n people can be divided into two groups, X,Y() X, Y ( \ne \emptyset ) , such that for all (x,y) (x,y) where xX x \in X and yY y \in Y , x x and y y shaked hands or x x and y y didn't shake hands. (b) There exist two people A,B A , B such that the set of people who are not A A and B B that shaked hands with A A is same wiith the set of people who are not A A and B B that shaked hands with B B .