MathDB
N5 Indonesian 2014 Shortlist

Source: Shortlist OSN Indonesia 2014, N5

May 13, 2017
number theorypigeonhole principlenational olympiad

Problem Statement

Prove that we can give a color to each of the numbers 1,2,3,...,20131,2,3,...,2013 with seven distinct colors (all colors are necessarily used) such that for any distinct numbers a,b,ca,b,c of the same color, then 2014abc2014\nmid abc and the remainder when abcabc is divided by 20142014 is of the same color as a,b,ca,b,c.