Problem

Source: All-Russian MO Round 4, 2005

Tags: induction, combinatorics proposed, combinatorics



10.4, 11.3 Given $N\geq 3$ points enumerated with 1, 2, ..., $N$. Each two numbers are connected by mean of arrow from a lesser number to a greater one. A coloring of all arrows into red and blue is called monochromatic iff for any numbers $A$ and $B$ there are no two monochromatic paths from $A$ to $B$ of different colors. Find the number of monochromatic colorings. (I. Bogdanov, G. Chelnokov)