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Mongolia geometry
Problem
Given different points in a plane, prove that among these points it is always possible to find 3 points forming an angle not exceeding .
Solution
If 3 of points lie simultaneously on a line there is nothing to prove. Therefore suppose that, no two of them don't lie on a straight line and . We claim there is a convex polygon with vertices such that all points lie inside of the polygon. It is obvious that there exists an angle of the polygon not greater than . Since all points lie inside the angle we can draw rays through all points from vertex of the angle. By the way the angle is divided in angles, the sum of which is not less than . It implies that there exists an angle not greater than . If we take 3 points which form the angle we have done.
Techniques
Convex hullsPigeonhole principleAngle chasing