Problem

Source: IMO ShortList 1998, combinatorics theory problem 6

Tags: combinatorics, point set, combinatorial geometry, Coloring, IMO Shortlist



Ten points are marked in the plane so that no three of them lie on a line. Each pair of points is connected with a segment. Each of these segments is painted with one of $k$ colors, in such a way that for any $k$ of the ten points, there are $k$ segments each joining two of them and no two being painted with the same color. Determine all integers $k$, $1\leq k\leq 10$, for which this is possible.


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