every point is colored red or blue
Source: ISI(BS) 2005 #9
June 23, 2012
combinatorics proposedcombinatorics
Problem Statement
Suppose that to every point of the plane a colour, either red or blue, is associated.(a) Show that if there is no equilateral triangle with all vertices of the same colour then there must exist three points and of the same colour such that is the midpoint of .(b) Show that there must be an equilateral triangle with all vertices of the same colour.