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2022-03 Sum of vectors

For \(k,n\geq 1\), let \(v_1,\dots, v_n\) be unit vectors in \(\mathbb{R}^k\). Prove that we can always choose signs \(\varepsilon_1,\dots,\varepsilon_n\in \{-1, +1\}\) such that \(|\sum_{i=1}^{n} \varepsilon_i v_i |\leq \sqrt{n} \).

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