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SIMON-MARAIS 2017 A4

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Let A1,A2,…,A2017A_1, A_2, \ldots, A_{2017} be the vertices of a regular polygon with 2017 sides.

Prove that there exists a point PP in the plane of the polygon such that the vector

∑k=12017kPAk→∥PAk→∥5\sum_{k=1}^{2017} k \frac{\overrightarrow{PA_k}}{\|\overrightarrow{PA_k}\|^5}

is the zero vector.

(The notation ∥XY→∥\|\overrightarrow{XY}\| represents the length of the vector XY→\overrightarrow{XY}.)

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