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62nd Ukrainian National Mathematical Olympiad

Ukraine geometry

Problem

Does there exist a convex 2023-gon on the Cartesian plane with vertices at points whose coordinates are both integers, such that all its side lengths are equal?
Solution
Suppose such a 2023-gon exists. Let its side be denoted by , so is an integer, and its vertices as , , ..., . Consider the 2023-gon with the smallest value of . We have for each , where , . If is a multiple of 4, then since if the sum of two squares of integers is a multiple of 4, then both numbers are even, we have , for each . But then we can consider a polygon with half the number of vertices with vertices at , whose vertices are also all integer points, and whose side length is , obtaining a contradiction.

If , then and have different parity for each , which leads to a contradiction, since we obtain that and have different parity. If , then and have different parity for each , which leads to a contradiction, since we obtain that and have different parity.
Final answer
No, such a polygon does not exist.

Techniques

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