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IMO 2014 Problem 6

  • Day 2

A set of lines in the plane is in general position if no two are parallel and no three pass through the same point. A set of lines in general position cuts the plane into regions, some of which have finite area; we call these its finite regions. Prove that for all sufficiently large nn , in any set of nn lines in general position it is possible to colour at least n\sqrt{n} lines blue in such a way that none of its finite regions has a completely blue boundary.

Note: Results with n\sqrt{n} replaced by cnc\sqrt{n} will be awarded points depending on the value of the constant cc .

Official text Transcription from AI-MO AoPS, checked word for word against the official paper. Quoted with source.

Official text: IMO 2014 official English paper, page 2.

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