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LMT Team Rounds 2021+, 11
Tags: algebra , polynomial
Find the number of degree $8$ polynomials $f (x)$ with nonnegative integer coefficients satisfying both $f (1) = 16$ and $f (-1) = 8$.

2007 Tournament Of Towns, 2
Tags: polynomial , algebra
The polynomial $x^3 + px^2 + qx + r$ has three roots in the interval $(0,2)$. Prove that $-2 <p + q + r < 0$.

2014 Greece Team Selection Test, 2
Tags: polynomial , algebra
Find all real non-zero polynomials satisfying $P(x)^3+3P(x)^2=P(x^{3})-3P(-x)$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$.

1973 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 5
Tags: algebra , polynomial
$f(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $2n$. Show that all polynomials $p(x)$, $q(x)$ of degree at most $n$ such that $f(x)q(x)-p(x)$ has the form \[ \sum\limits_{2n<k\leq 3n} (a^k + x^k) \] have the same $p(x)/q(x)$.

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 426
Tags: calculus , integration , algebra , polynomial , calculus computations
Consider the polynomial $ f(x) \equal{} ax^2 \plus{} bx \plus{} c$, with degree less than or equal to 2. When $ f$ varies with subject to the constrain $ f(0) \equal{} 0,\ f(2) \equal{} 2$, find the minimum value of $ S\equal{}\int_0^2 |f'(x)|\ dx$.

2013 ELMO Shortlist, 7
Tags: algebra , polynomial , modular arithmetic , number theory
Let $p$ be a prime satisfying $p^2\mid 2^{p-1}-1$, and let $n$ be a positive integer. Define \[ f(x) = \frac{(x-1)^{p^n}-(x^{p^n}-1)}{p(x-1)}. \] Find the largest positive integer $N$ such that there exist polynomials $g(x)$, $h(x)$ with integer coefficients and an integer $r$ satisfying $f(x) = (x-r)^N g(x) + p \cdot h(x)$. [i]Proposed by Victor Wang[/i]

2015 Iberoamerican Math Olympiad, 3
Tags: algebra , polynomial
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of $x^{2} - qx + 1$, where $q$ is a rational number larger than $2$. Let $s_1 = \alpha + \beta$, $t_1 = 1$, and for all integers $n \geq 2$: $s_n = \alpha^n + \beta^n$ $t_n = s_{n-1} + 2s_{n-2} + \cdot \cdot \cdot + (n - 1)s_{1} + n$ Prove that, for all odd integers $n$, $t_n$ is the square of a rational number.

2020 Turkey MO (2nd round), 5
Tags: polynomial , series , algebra , floor function
Find all polynomials with real coefficients such that one can find an integer valued series $a_0, a_1, \dots$ satisfying $\lfloor P(x) \rfloor = a_{ \lfloor x^2 \rfloor}$ for all $x$ real numbers.

2009 Finnish National High School Mathematics Competition, 2
Tags: polynomial , modular arithmetic , function , algebra
A polynomial $P$ has integer coefficients and $P(3)=4$ and $P(4)=3$. For how many $x$ we might have $P(x)=x$?

2025 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1
Tags: algebra , polynomial , sequence , converges
Let $P(x) = x^4-x^3+x$. a) Prove that for all positive real numbers $a$, the polynomial $P(x) - a$ has a unique positive zero. b) A sequence $(a_n)$ is defined by $a_1 = \dfrac{1}{3}$ and for all $n \geq 1$, $a_{n+1}$ is the positive zero of the polynomial $P(x) - a_n$. Prove that the sequence $(a_n)$ converges, and find the limit of the sequence.

2003 Manhattan Mathematical Olympiad, 4
Tags: algebra , polynomial , modular arithmetic , number theory
Let $p$ and $a$ be positive integer numbers having no common divisors except of $1$. Prove that $p$ is prime if and only if all the coefficients of the polynomial \[ F(x) = (x-a)^p - (x^p - a) \] are divisible by $p$.

2007 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 20
Tags: algebra , polynomial , vieta
For $a$ a positive real number, let $x_1$, $x_2$, $x_3$ be the roots of the equation $x^3-ax^2+ax-a=0$. Determine the smallest possible value of $x_1^3+x_2^3+x_3^3-3x_1x_2x_3$.

2024 China Team Selection Test, 10
Tags: algebra , polynomial
Let $M$ be a positive integer. $f(x):=x^3+ax^2+bx+c\in\mathbb Z[x]$ satisfy $|a|,|b|,|c|\le M.$ $x_1,x_2$ are different roots of $f.$ Prove that $$|x_1-x_2|>\frac 1{M^2+3M+1}.$$ [i]Created by Jingjun Han[/i]

2014-2015 SDML (High School), 8
Tags: algebra , polynomial
Consider the polynomial $$P\left(t\right)=t^3-29t^2+212t-399.$$ Find the product of all positive integers $n$ such that $P\left(n\right)$ is the sum of the digits of $n$.

2000 Romania National Olympiad, 4
Tags: polynomial , algebra
Let $ f $ be a polynom of degree $ 3 $ and having rational coefficients. Prove that, if there exist two distinct nonzero rational numbers $ a,b $ and two roots $ x,y $ of $ f $ such that $ ax+by $ is rational, then all roots of $ f $ are rational.

2017 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 4
Tags: algebra , polynomial
Let a,b,c be three distinct positive numbers. Consider the quadratic polynomial $P (x) =\frac{c(x - a)(x - b)}{(c -a)(c -b)}+\frac{a(x - b)(x - c)}{(a - b)(a - c)}+\frac{b(x -c)(x - a)}{(b - c)(b - a)}+ 1$. The value of $P (2017)$ is (A): $2015$ (B): $2016$ (C): $2017$ (D): $2018$ (E): None of the above.

2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 8
Tags: polynomial , absolute value , algebra
If $x,y$ are real, then the $\textit{absolute value}$ of the complex number $z=x+yi$ is \[|z|=\sqrt{x^2+y^2}.\] Find the number of polynomials $f(t)=A_0+A_1t+A_2t^2+A_3t^3+t^4$ such that $A_0,\ldots,A_3$ are integers and all roots of $f$ in the complex plane have absolute value $\leq 1$.

Oliforum Contest II 2009, 3
Tags: modular arithmetic , calculus , integration , algebra , polynomial , function , quadratic
Find all $ (x,y,z) \in \mathbb{Z}^3$ such that $ x^3 \minus{} 5x \equal{} 1728^{y}\cdot 1733^z \minus{} 17$. [i](Paolo Leonetti)[/i]

2007 Iran MO (3rd Round), 1
Tags: polynomial , geometry , rhombus , algebra
Let $ a,b$ be two complex numbers. Prove that roots of $ z^{4}\plus{}az^{2}\plus{}b$ form a rhombus with origin as center, if and only if $ \frac{a^{2}}{b}$ is a non-positive real number.

2016 Canada National Olympiad, 3
Tags: algebra , polynomial , number theory
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $P(P(n) + n)$ is a prime number for infinitely many integers $n$.

1991 Austrian-Polish Competition, 4
Tags: polynomial , algebra
Let $P(x)$ be a real polynomial with $P(x) \ge 0$ for $0 \le x \le 1$. Show that there exist polynomials $P_i (x) (i = 0, 1,2)$ with $P_i (x) \ge 0$ for all real x such that $P (x) = P_0 (x) + xP_1 (x)( 1- x)P_2 (x)$.

1990 Austrian-Polish Competition, 6
Tags: polynomial , integer polynomial , algebra
$p(x)$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients. The sequence of integers $a_1, a_2, ... , a_n$ (where $n > 2$) satisfies $a_2 = p(a_1), a_3 = p(a_2), ... , a_n = p(a_{n-1}), a_1 = p(a_n)$. Show that $a_1 = a_3$.

2006 Pre-Preparation Course Examination, 4
Tags: superior algebra , algebra , polynomial
Show that for every prime $p$ and integer $n$, there is an irreducible polynomial of degree $n$ in $\mathbb{Z}_p[x]$ and use that to show there is a field of size $p^n$.

1971 IMO Shortlist, 3
Tags: polynomial , algebra , system of equations , vieta
Knowing that the system \[x + y + z = 3,\]\[x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 15,\]\[x^4 + y^4 + z^4 = 35,\] has a real solution $x, y, z$ for which $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 < 10$, find the value of $x^5 + y^5 + z^5$ for that solution.

2021 Turkey MO (2nd round), 2
Tags: polynomial
If a polynomial with real coefficients of degree $d$ has at least $d$ coefficients equal to $1$ and has $d$ real roots, what is the maximum possible value of $d$? (Note: The roots of the polynomial do not have to be different from each other.)