1999 OIM Problems/Problem 3
Problem
Let there be different points, , on a straight line of the plane (). We consider the circles of diameter () and we color each circle with one of given colors. We call this configuration -th.
For each positive integer , find all for which every th is verified to contain two externally tangent circles of the same color.
NOTE: To avoid ambiguity, points that belong to more than one circle do not have a color.
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