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set of positive integers of the form 19a+85b

Source: bmo 1985

April 23, 2007
analytic geometrycombinatorics proposedcombinatorics

Problem Statement

Let SS be the set of all positive integers of the form 19a+85b19a+85b, where a,ba,b are arbitrary positive integers. On the real axis, the points of SS are colored in red and the remaining integer numbers are colored in green. Find, with proof, whether or not there exists a point AA on the real axis such that any two points with integer coordinates which are symmetrical with respect to AA have necessarily distinct colors.