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MathNet 2026 — Part 03 Question 66

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2026 — Part 03

Question 66

Find the smallest positive integer $k$ for which there exist a colouring of the positive integers $\mathbb{Z}_{\gt 0}$ with $k$ colours and a function $f: \mathbb{Z}_{\gt 0} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}_{\gt 0}$ with the following two properties:
(i) For all positive integers $m, n$ of the same colour, $f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n)$.
(ii) There are positive integers $m, n$ such that $f(m+n) \neq f(m)+f(n)$.

In a colouring of $\mathbb{Z}_{\gt 0}$ with $k$ colours, every integer is coloured in exactly one of the $k$ colours. In both (i) and (ii) the positive integers $m, n$ are not necessarily different.