Found problems: 3597
2014 USA TSTST, 3
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients that satisfy \[P(x\sqrt{2})=P(x+\sqrt{1-x^2})\]for all real $x$ with $|x|\le 1$.
2010 Romanian Masters In Mathematics, 4
Determine whether there exists a polynomial $f(x_1, x_2)$ with two variables, with integer coefficients, and two points $A=(a_1, a_2)$ and $B=(b_1, b_2)$ in the plane, satisfying the following conditions:
(i) $A$ is an integer point (i.e $a_1$ and $a_2$ are integers);
(ii) $|a_1-b_1|+|a_2-b_2|=2010$;
(iii) $f(n_1, n_2)>f(a_1, a_2)$ for all integer points $(n_1, n_2)$ in the plane other than $A$;
(iv) $f(x_1, x_2)>f(b_1, b_2)$ for all integer points $(x_1, x_2)$ in the plane other than $B$.
[i]Massimo Gobbino, Italy[/i]
1934 Eotvos Mathematical Competition, 2
Which polygon inscribed in a given circle has the property that the sum of the squares of the lengths of its sides is maximum?
2002 Italy TST, 3
Prove that for any positive integer $ m$ there exist an infinite number of pairs of integers $(x,y)$ such that
$(\text{i})$ $x$ and $y$ are relatively prime;
$(\text{ii})$ $x$ divides $y^2+m;$
$(\text{iii})$ $y$ divides $x^2+m.$
2007 Tournament Of Towns, 3
Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial of nonzero degree. Can it happen that for any real number $a$, an even number of real numbers satisfy the equation $f(x) = a$?
2013 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 4
Find all polynomials $p(x)$ with integer coefficients such that for each positive integer $n$, the number $2^n - 1$ is divisible by $p(n)$.
2008 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 3
Let $ f(x,y,z)$ be the polynomial with integer coefficients. Suppose that for all reals $ x,y,z$ the following equation holds:
\[ f(x,y,z) \equal{} \minus{} f(x,z,y) \equal{} \minus{} f(y,x,z) \equal{} \minus{} f(z,y,x)
\]
Prove that if $ a,b,c\in\mathbb{Z}$ then $ f(a,b,c)$ takes an even value
2003 AMC 10, 23
A large equilateral triangle is constructed by using toothpicks to create rows of small equilateral triangles. For example, in the figure we have $ 3$ rows of small congruent equilateral triangles, with $ 5$ small triangles in the base row. How many toothpicks would be needed to construct a large equilateral triangle if the base row of the triangle consists of $ 2003$ small equilateral triangles?
[asy]unitsize(15mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt));
pair Ap=(0,0), Bp=(1,0), Cp=(2,0), Dp=(3,0), Gp=dir(60);
pair Fp=shift(Gp)*Bp, Ep=shift(Gp)*Cp;
pair Hp=shift(Gp)*Gp, Ip=shift(Gp)*Fp;
pair Jp=shift(Gp)*Hp;
pair[] points={Ap,Bp,Cp,Dp,Ep,Fp,Gp,Hp,Ip,Jp};
draw(Ap--Dp--Jp--cycle);
draw(Gp--Bp--Ip--Hp--Cp--Ep--cycle);
for(pair p : points)
{
fill(circle(p, 0.07),white);
}
pair[] Cn=new pair[5];
Cn[0]=centroid(Ap,Bp,Gp);
Cn[1]=centroid(Gp,Bp,Fp);
Cn[2]=centroid(Bp,Fp,Cp);
Cn[3]=centroid(Cp,Fp,Ep);
Cn[4]=centroid(Cp,Ep,Dp);
label("$1$",Cn[0]);
label("$2$",Cn[1]);
label("$3$",Cn[2]);
label("$4$",Cn[3]);
label("$5$",Cn[4]);
for (pair p : Cn)
{
draw(circle(p,0.1));
}[/asy]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 1,\!004,\!004 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 1,\!005,\!006 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 1,\!507,\!509 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 3,\!015,\!018 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 6,\!021,\!018$
1987 Greece Junior Math Olympiad, 3
Find real $a,b$ such that polynomial $P(x)=x^{n+1}+ax+b$ to be divisible by $(x-1)^2$. Then find the quotient $P(x):(x-1)^2 , n\in \mathbb{N}^*$
1970 IMO Longlists, 12
Let $\{x_i\}, 1\le i\le 6$ be a given set of six integers, none of which are divisible by $7$.
$(a)$ Prove that at least one of the expressions of the form $x_1\pm x_2\pm x_3\pm x_4\pm x_5\pm x_6$ is divisible by $7$, where the $\pm$ signs are independent of each other.
$(b)$ Generalize the result to every prime number.
1991 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 4
Three real numbers $ a,b,c$ satisfy the equations $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c\equal{}3, a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2\equal{}9, a^3\plus{}b^3\plus{}c^3\equal{}24.$ Find $ a^4\plus{}b^4\plus{}c^4$.
2000 IMC, 3
Let $p(z)$ be a polynomial of degree $n>0$ with complex coefficients. Prove that there are at least $n+1$ complex numbers $z$ for which $p(z)\in \{0,1\}$.
2020 Brazil Team Selection Test, 2
We say that a set $S$ of integers is [i]rootiful[/i] if, for any positive integer $n$ and any $a_0, a_1, \cdots, a_n \in S$, all integer roots of the polynomial $a_0+a_1x+\cdots+a_nx^n$ are also in $S$. Find all rootiful sets of integers that contain all numbers of the form $2^a - 2^b$ for positive integers $a$ and $b$.
2005 MOP Homework, 1
Let $n$ be a natural number and $f_1$, $f_2$, ..., $f_n$ be polynomials with integers coeffcients. Show that there exists a polynomial $g(x)$ which can be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers such that $f_i(x)+g(x)$ cannot be factored (with at least two terms of degree at least $1$) over the integers for every $i$.
2013 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 4
A polynomial is called Fermat polynomial if it can be written as the sum of squares of two polynomials with integer coefficients. Suppose that $f(x)$ is a Fermat polynomial such that $f(0)=1000$. Prove that $f(x)+2x$ is not a fermat polynomial
2017 Bulgaria National Olympiad, 5
Let $n$ be a natural number and $f(x)$ be a polynomial with real coefficients having $n$ different positive real roots. Is it possible the polynomial:
$$x(x+1)(x+2)(x+4)f(x)+a$$
to be presented as the $k$-th power of a polynomial with real coefficients, for some natural $k\geq 2$ and real $a$?
2010 AIME Problems, 7
Let $ P(z) \equal{} z^3 \plus{} az^2 \plus{} bz \plus{} c$, where $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ are real. There exists a complex number $ w$ such that the three roots of $ P(z)$ are $ w \plus{} 3i$, $ w \plus{} 9i$, and $ 2w \minus{} 4$, where $ i^2 \equal{} \minus{} 1$. Find $ |a \plus{} b \plus{} c|$.
2011 India IMO Training Camp, 2
Let the real numbers $a,b,c,d$ satisfy the relations $a+b+c+d=6$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=12.$ Prove that
\[36 \leq 4 \left(a^3+b^3+c^3+d^3\right) - \left(a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4 \right) \leq 48.\]
[i]Proposed by Nazar Serdyuk, Ukraine[/i]
2001 District Olympiad, 3
Consider a continuous function $f:[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for any third degree polynomial function $P:[0,1]\to [0,1]$, we have
\[\int_0^1f(P(x))dx=0\]
Prove that $f(x)=0,\ (\forall)x\in [0,1]$.
[i]Mihai Piticari[/i]
2021 Stars of Mathematics, 2
Let $n{}$ be a positive integer. Show that there exists a polynomial $f{}$ of degree $n{}$ with integral coefficients such that \[f^2=(x^2-1)g^2+1,\] where $g{}$ is a polynomial with integral coefficients.
2007 Romania Team Selection Test, 4
i) Find all infinite arithmetic progressions formed with positive integers such that there exists a number $N \in \mathbb{N}$, such that for any prime $p$, $p > N$,
the $p$-th term of the progression is also prime.
ii) Find all polynomials $f(X) \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$, such that there exist $N \in \mathbb{N}$, such that for any prime $p$, $p > N$, $| f(p) |$ is also prime.
[i]Dan Schwarz[/i]
2017 Balkan MO Shortlist, A5
Consider integers $m\ge 2$ and $n\ge 1$.
Show that there is a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree equal to $n$ with integer coefficients such that $P(0),P(1),...,P(n)$ are all perfect powers of $m$ .
1998 Italy TST, 4
Find all polynomials $P(x) = x^n +a_1x^{n-1} +...+a_n$ whose zeros (with their multiplicities) are exactly $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$.
2016 Peru IMO TST, 16
Find all pairs $ (m, n)$ of positive integers that have the following property:
For every polynomial $P (x)$ of real coefficients and degree $m$, there exists a polynomial $Q (x)$ of real coefficients and degree $n$ such that $Q (P (x))$ is divisible by $Q (x)$.
2019 Korea Winter Program Practice Test, 3
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that for all positive number $n$ and prime $p$ satisfying $p\nmid nP(n)$, we have $ord_p(n)\ge ord_p(P(n))$.