Found problems: 3597
Prove that the following polynomial is irreducible in $ \mathbb Z[x,y]$:
\[ x^{200}y^5\plus{}x^{51}y^{100}\plus{}x^{106}\minus{}4x^{100}y^5\plus{}x^{100}\minus{}2y^{100}\minus{}2x^6\plus{}4y^5\minus{}2\]
Consider a polynomial $P(x) \in \mathbb{R}[x]$, with degree $2023$, such that $P(\sin^2(x))+P(\cos^2(x)) =1$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$. If the sum of all roots of $P$ is equal to $\dfrac{p}{q}$ with $p, q$ coprime, then what is the product $pq$?
For an integer $x \geq 1$, let $p(x)$ be the least prime that does not divide $x$, and define $q(x)$ to be the product of all primes less than $p(x)$. In particular, $p(1) = 2.$ For $x$ having $p(x) = 2$, define $q(x) = 1$. Consider the sequence $x_0, x_1, x_2, \ldots$ defined by $x_0 = 1$ and \[ x_{n+1} = \frac{x_n p(x_n)}{q(x_n)} \] for $n \geq 0$. Find all $n$ such that $x_n = 1995$.
Find the least positive number m such that for any polynimial f(x) with real coefficients, there is a polynimial g(x) with real coefficients (degree not greater than m) such that there exist 2017 distinct number $a_1,a_2,...,a_{2017}$ such that $g(a_i)=f(a_{i+1})$ for i=1,2,...,2017 where indices taken modulo 2017.
Consider the polynomial $ P(x) \equal{} x^3 \plus{} 153x^2 \minus{} 111x \plus{} 38$.
(a) Prove that there are at least nine integers $ a$ in the interval $ [1, 3^{2000}]$ for which $ P(a)$ is divisible by $ 3^{2000}$.
(b) Find the number of integers $ a$ in $ [1, 3^{2000}]$ with the property from (a).
Determine all polynomials $P{}$ with integer coefficients, satisfying $0 \leqslant P (n) \leqslant n!$ for all non-negative integers $n$.
[i]Andrei Chirita[/i]
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $f(x)=a_mx^m+\ldots + a_1X+a_0$, with $m\ge 2$, a polynomial with integer coefficients such that:
a) $a_2,a_3\ldots a_m$ are divisible by all prime factors of $n$,
b) $a_1$ and $n$ are relatively prime.
Prove that for any positive integer $k$, there exists a positive integer $c$, such that $f(c)$ is divisible by $n^k$.
Let $P(x)=a_{0}+a_{1}x+...+a_{n}x^{n}\in\mathbb{C}[x]$ , where $a_{n}=1$. The roots of $P(x)$ are $b_{1},b_{2},...,b_{n}$, where $|b_{1}|,|b_{2}|,...,|b_{j}|>1$ and $|b_{j+1}|,...,|b_{n}|\leq 1$. Prove that $\prod_{i=1}^{j}|b_{i}|\leq\sqrt{|a_{0}|^{2}+|a_{1}|^{2}+...+|a_{n}|^{2}}$.
Let $P(t)$ be a nonconstant polynomial with real coefficients. Prove that the system of simultaneous equations
$$ \int_{0}^{x} P(t)\sin t \, dt =0, \;\;\;\; \int_{0}^{x} P(t) \cos t \, dt =0 $$
has only finitely many solutions $x.$
Find all pairs of real number $x$ and $y$ which simultaneously satisfy the following 2 relations:
$x+y+4=\frac{12x+11y}{x^2+y^2}$
$y-x+3=\frac{11x-12y}{x^2+y^2}$
The function $f(x)=x^5-20x^4+ax^3+bx^2+cx+24$ has the interesting property that its roots can be arranged to form an arithmetic sequence. Determine $f(8)$.
Let \[N = 69^{5} + 5\cdot 69^{4} + 10\cdot 69^{3} + 10\cdot 69^{2} + 5\cdot 69 + 1.\] How many positive integers are factors of $N$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 69\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 125\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 216 $
$p(x)$ is an irreducible polynomial in $\mathbb Q[x]$ that $\mbox{deg}\ p$ is odd. $q(x),r(x)$ are polynomials with rational coefficients that $p(x)|q(x)^2+q(x).r(x)+r(x)^2$. Prove that \[p(x)^2|q(x)^2+q(x).r(x)+r(x)^2\]
Determine all polynomials $P (x)$ with real coefficients that apply $P (x^2) + 2P (x) = P (x)^2 + 2$.
Find all real solutions of the following set of equations:
\[72x^3+4xy^2=11y^3\]
\[27x^5-45x^4y-10x^2y^3=\frac{-143}{32}y^5\]
$f(x)=x^3-6x^2+17x$. If $f(a)=16, f(b)=20$, find $a+b$.
For every integer $ n \ge 3$ and any given angle $ \alpha$ with $ 0 < \alpha < \pi$, let $ P_n(x) \equal{} x^n \sin\alpha \minus{} x \sin n\alpha \plus{} \sin(n \minus{} 1)\alpha$.
(a) Prove that there is a unique polynomial of the form $ f(x) \equal{} x^2 \plus{} ax \plus{} b$ which divides $ P_n(x)$ for every $ n \ge 3$.
(b) Prove that there is no polynomial $ g(x) \equal{} x \plus{} c$ which divides $ P_n(x)$ for every $ n \ge 3$.
Let $P$ be a polynomial with real coefficients such that $P(x) > 0$ if $x > 0$. Prove that there exist polynomials $Q$ and $R$ with nonnegative coefficients such that $P(x) = \frac{Q(x)}{R(x)}$ if $x > 0.$
[b]Q.[/b] Find all polynomials $P: \mathbb{R \times R}\to\mathbb{R\times R}$ with real coefficients, such that $$P(x,y) = P(x+y,x-y), \ \forall\ x,y \in \mathbb{R}.$$
[i]Proposed by TuZo[/i]
Let $p$ be an odd prime. Show that for at least $(p+1)/2$ values of $n$ in $\{0,1,2,\dots,p-1\},$
\[\sum_{k=0}^{p-1}k!n^k \quad \text{is not divisible by }p.\]
Let $p$ be an odd prime. If $g_{1}, \cdots, g_{\phi(p-1)}$ are the primitive roots $\pmod{p}$ in the range $1<g \le p-1$, prove that \[\sum_{i=1}^{\phi(p-1)}g_{i}\equiv \mu(p-1) \pmod{p}.\]
Show that the solution set of the inequality
\[ \sum^{70}_{k \equal{} 1} \frac {k}{x \minus{} k} \geq \frac {5}{4}
\]
is a union of disjoint intervals, the sum of whose length is 1988.
Suppose $x_1, x_2, x_3$ are the roots of polynomial $P(x) = x^3 - 4x^2 -3x + 2$. The sum $|x_1| + |x_2| + |x_3|$ is
(A): $4$ (B): $6$ (C): $8$ (D): $10$ (E): None of the above.
The sequence $\{x_{n}\}_{n \ge 1}$ is defined by \[x_{1}=x_{2}=1, \; x_{n+2}= 14x_{n+1}-x_{n}-4.\] Prove that $x_{n}$ is always a perfect square.
Find all Polynomial $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ with Integer Coefficients satisfied the equation:
\[Q(a+b) = \frac{P(a) - P(b)}{a - b}\]
$\forall a, b \in \mathbb{Z}^+$ and $a>b$