Help Jitendra Attack a 3-D Coloring Problem

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a 3-D coloring problem involving the assignment of three colors (red, green, blue) to every point in 3-D space. Participants explore whether certain geometric configurations, such as triangles and lines, must contain vertices of the same color. The scope includes conceptual reasoning and hints for problem-solving rather than definitive solutions.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • Jitendra presents a problem regarding the existence of monochromatic geometric shapes in 3-D space and requests hints for tackling it.
  • Some participants suggest that the problem may relate to the concept of denumerability of real numbers, although this is challenged by a later reply noting that real numbers are not denumerable.
  • One participant expresses skepticism about the utility of advanced mathematical tricks, suggesting that the problem requires more intuitive reasoning, particularly noting that the first claim may hold true in 2-D space.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the approach to the problem, with differing opinions on the relevance of denumerability and the applicability of certain geometric claims in 3-D space.

Contextual Notes

The discussion highlights the complexity of the problem and the potential dependence on geometric properties in different dimensions, as well as the unresolved nature of the claims regarding the existence of monochromatic shapes.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in geometric properties, combinatorial geometry, and color theory in mathematics may find this discussion relevant.

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Hi everybody, I am unable to tackle this problem, and don't know how to attack it. can someone please help me how to attack the following problem.

Q. Suppose colour every point in 3-D space is assigned one of the three colours- red,green,blue.Can i conclude the following?:

1)there must exist a right triangle which has three of the vertices of same colour.

2)there must exist an equilateral triangle which has all its vertices of same colour.

3)the problems 1 and 2 with the additional fact that there exist infinitely many such in any region of space.

4)there must exist a monochromatic line.

5)there must exist a monochromatic circle.

please give some hints.
thank you.
Jitendra
 
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I don't know how to approach it...but know that it is based on the concept of denumerability of real numbers. I don't want complete help but just few hints so that i can do it myself.please help.

thanks
 
AlbertEinstein said:
I don't know how to approach it...but know that it is based on the concept of denumerability of real numbers. I don't want complete help but just few hints so that i can do it myself.please help.

thanks

The real numbers aren't denumerable though. That is they are not countable, or there exists no bijection between the reals and the natural numbers.
 
I don't think there are any advanced math tricks that'll help you. You just need to think it through for a while. To get you started, the first one is true if the space is 2D. Can you prove this?
 

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