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IMO 2012 — Complete Shortlist Question 2

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Question 2

Let $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Q}$ be the sets of integers and rationals respectively.

a) Does there exist a partition of $\mathbb{Z}$ into three non-empty subsets $A, B, C$ such that the sets $A+B, B+C, C+A$ are disjoint?

b) Does there exist a partition of $\mathbb{Q}$ into three non-empty subsets $A, B, C$ such that the sets $A+B, B+C, C+A$ are disjoint?

Here $X+Y$ denotes the set $\{x+y \mid x \in X, y \in Y\}$, for $X, Y \subseteq \mathbb{Z}$ and $X, Y \subseteq \mathbb{Q}$.