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Problem
Let be convex 2011-gon. Consider 2011 points lying inside and such that no three of all 4022 points (the vertexes of and 2011 points inside ) are collinear. A coloring of all points in two colors is called good if it is possible to connect some of the points by segments such that the following conditions hold: (1) Each segment has its endpoints of one and the same color. (2) No segments intersect in inner points. (3) Between any two points of the same color there exists a path through the given segments. Find the number of all good colorings.
Solution
Let the two colors be blue and red. We prove first the following
Lemma. Consider with vertices of both colors. Any coloring of points inside is good.
Proof. Without loss of generality assume that and are blue points and is a red point. We proceed by induction on the number of inner points for the triangle. When we draw a segment with end points and and we are done. Assume the assertion holds for any triangle with inner points. Consider triangle with inner points and let these points be colored in arbitrary manner. If all points are blue then we connect with and with all inner points and the condition holds. If there exists a red point , we apply the induction hypothesis for triangles , and . It is clear that red points from distinct triangles are connected through , and the blue points from distinct triangles are connected through or . This completes the proof of the lemma.
Note that for any good coloring all blue points of are consecutive vertices. Indeed, if this is not the case we have two red points and , dividing the contour of into two parts with two blue points and in each of these parts. It is clear now that the red path between and intersects the blue path between and , a contradiction.
Let us first count the number of good colorings of the vertexes of . There exist two such colorings with all points having one and the same color. When both colors occur let be the number of blue points. For any there exist 2011 ways of choosing the group of consecutive blue points. Therefore we have ways of coloring the vertexes of .
We show now that any coloring of the inner points is good. If all vertexes of have one and the same color (say blue) and all inner point are also blue we connect one vertex with all remaining points. If there exists a red point , then we consider all triangles with one vertex and sides the sides of . The assertion of the Lemma completes the proof in this case.
Consider coloring of the vertexes of in which both blue and red points occur. Without loss of generality assume the blue points are . Connect with all red points and with all blue points. Now is partitioned into triangles and each triangle has vertexes of both colors. Apply the Lemma for each of these triangles. The points having one and the same color from distinct triangles are connected through or or by the sides of .
Therefore the number of good colorings equals .
Lemma. Consider with vertices of both colors. Any coloring of points inside is good.
Proof. Without loss of generality assume that and are blue points and is a red point. We proceed by induction on the number of inner points for the triangle. When we draw a segment with end points and and we are done. Assume the assertion holds for any triangle with inner points. Consider triangle with inner points and let these points be colored in arbitrary manner. If all points are blue then we connect with and with all inner points and the condition holds. If there exists a red point , we apply the induction hypothesis for triangles , and . It is clear that red points from distinct triangles are connected through , and the blue points from distinct triangles are connected through or . This completes the proof of the lemma.
Note that for any good coloring all blue points of are consecutive vertices. Indeed, if this is not the case we have two red points and , dividing the contour of into two parts with two blue points and in each of these parts. It is clear now that the red path between and intersects the blue path between and , a contradiction.
Let us first count the number of good colorings of the vertexes of . There exist two such colorings with all points having one and the same color. When both colors occur let be the number of blue points. For any there exist 2011 ways of choosing the group of consecutive blue points. Therefore we have ways of coloring the vertexes of .
We show now that any coloring of the inner points is good. If all vertexes of have one and the same color (say blue) and all inner point are also blue we connect one vertex with all remaining points. If there exists a red point , then we consider all triangles with one vertex and sides the sides of . The assertion of the Lemma completes the proof in this case.
Consider coloring of the vertexes of in which both blue and red points occur. Without loss of generality assume the blue points are . Connect with all red points and with all blue points. Now is partitioned into triangles and each triangle has vertexes of both colors. Apply the Lemma for each of these triangles. The points having one and the same color from distinct triangles are connected through or or by the sides of .
Therefore the number of good colorings equals .
Final answer
2^{2011}(2011\cdot2010+2)
Techniques
Coloring schemes, extremal argumentsInduction / smoothingConvex hullsConstructions and loci