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Color Complex (Rectangle Coloring)

2-color a big grid of dots — is a same-color rectangle unavoidable?

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Every integer-coordinate point on a 2D plane is colored either white or black.

Prove there must exist a rectangle (sides parallel to axes) with all four corners the same color.

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