Problem

Source: IMO ShortList 1999, algebra problem 4

Tags: algebra, Coloring, partition, Ramsey Theory, IMO Shortlist, combinatorics



Prove that the set of positive integers cannot be partitioned into three nonempty subsets such that, for any two integers $x,y$ taken from two different subsets, the number $x^2-xy+y^2$ belongs to the third subset.


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