Partition of a Polygon

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There is a n n -sided polygon A 1 A 2 A 3 A n , n 4 , A_1A_2A_3\cdots A_n\,,\,n \geq 4\,,\, with the side length as A i A i + 1 = i , 1 i n , i Z A_iA_{i+1} = i\,,\, 1 \leq i \leq n \,,\, i \in Z and A n + 1 A_{n+1} is taken as A 1 A_1 . Find all possible partition (through the vertex) of the polygon into two parts such that the difference of the sum of lengths of sides in the two parts is minimum. For clarification of question one partition for n = 4 n = 4 and one for n = 5 n = 5 is shown below. In fact only one partition exists for n = 4 n = 4 and n = 5 n = 5 . Let s 1 , s 2 s_1\,,\, s_2 and s 3 s_3 be the number of possible partitions for n = 1124 , n = 1755 n = 1124\,,\, n = 1755 and n = 94 n = 94 respectively. Find s 1 + s 2 + s 3 s_1 + s_2 + s_3

BONUS : Solve for possible partitions for any n n .


The answer is 12.

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