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Perfect Deltas

Source: 2011 LMO Problem #3

September 21, 2011
combinatorics unsolvedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Consider a sequence of equilateral triangles TnT_{n} as represented below: [asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));size(350); real r=sqrt(3); path p=origin--(2,0)--(1,sqrt(3))--cycle; int i,j,k; for(i=1; i<5; i=i+1) { for(j=0; j11. A triangle is called a delta if its vertex is at the top; for example, there are 1010 deltas in T3T_{3}. A delta is said to be perfect if the length of its side is even. How many perfect deltas are there in T20T_{20}?