Prove that there exists a uniqe $P(x)$ polynomial with real coefficients such that\\ $xy-x-y|(x+y)^{1000}-P(x)-P(y)$ for all real $x,y$.

A polynomial $P(x)$ has unity as the coefficient of its highest power, and has the property that with natural number arguments, it can take all values of form $2^M$ , where $M$ is a natural number. Prove that the polynomial is of degree $1$.

Find all polynomials $f$ with real coefficients such that for all reals $a,b,c$ such that $ab+bc+ca = 0$ we have the following relations \[ f(a-b) + f(b-c) + f(c-a) = 2f(a+b+c). \]

Prove that there is no nonconstant polynomial $f(x)$ with integral coefficients such that $f(n)$ is prime for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$.

Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a polynomial $f(x)$ with real coefficients, with the following properties: (1) for each integer $k$, the number $f(k)$ is an integer if and only if $k$ is not divisible by $n$; (2) the degree of $f$ is less than $n$. [i](Hungary) Géza Kós[/i]

Let $$P(x)=a_0x^n+a_1x^{n-1}+\ldots+a_n$$ where $a_0,\ldots,a_n$ are integers. Show that if $P$ takes the value $2020$ for four distinct integral values of $x$, then $P$ cannot take the value $2001$ for any integral value of $x$. [i]Proposed by Ángel Plaza[/i]

$ f(x)$ and $ g(x)$ are two polynomials with nonzero degrees and integer coefficients, such that $ g(x)$ is a divisor of $ f(x)$ and the polynomial $ f(x)\plus{}2009$ has $ 50$ integer roots. Prove that the degree of $ g(x)$ is at least $ 5$.

For $n\geq 1$ let $M$ be an $n\times n$ complex array with distinct eigenvalues $\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\ldots,\lambda_k$, with multiplicities $m_1,m_2,\ldots,m_k$ respectively. Consider the linear operator $L_M$ defined by $L_MX=MX+XM^T$, for any complex $n\times n$ array $X$. Find its eigenvalues and their multiplicities. ($M^T$ denotes the transpose matrix of $M$).

Prove that the equation $x^n - a_1x^{n-1} - a_2x^{n-2} - ... -a_{n-1}x - a_n = 0$, where $a_1 \ge 0, a_2 \ge 0, . . . , a_n \ge 0$, cannot have two positive roots.

How many polynomials $P$ with integer coefficients and degree at most $5$ satisfy $0 \le P(x) < 120$ for all $x \in \{0,1,2,3,4,5\}$?

Suppose that a polynomial of the form $p(x)=x^{2010}\pm x^{2009}\pm \cdots \pm x \pm 1$ has no real roots. What is the maximum possible number of coefficients of $-1$ in $p$?

Let $ f(x)\equal{}\sum_{k\equal{}1}^n a_k x^k$ and $ g(x)\equal{}\sum_{k\equal{}1}^n \frac{a_k x^k}{2^k \minus{}1}$ be two polynomials with real coefficients. Let g(x) have $ 0,2^{n\plus{}1}$ as two of its roots. Prove That $ f(x)$ has a positive root less than $ 2^n$.

$f_{1},f_{2},\dots,f_{n}$ are polynomials with integer coefficients. Prove there exist a reducible $g(x)$ with integer coefficients that $f_{1}+g,f_{2}+g,\dots,f_{n}+g$ are irreducible.

Prove that if $a$ and $b$ are positive integers and $ab>1$, then \[\left\lfloor\frac{(a-b)^2-1}{ab}\right\rfloor=\left\lfloor\frac{(a-b)^2-1}{ab-1}\right\rfloor.\]Here $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer not exceeding $x$. [i]Calvin Deng.[/i]

A circle is divided into arcs of equal size by $n$ points ($n \ge 1$). For any positive integer $x$, let $P_n(x)$ denote the number of possibilities for colouring all those points, using colours from $x$ given colours, so that any rotation of the colouring by $ i \cdot \frac{360^o}{n}$ , where i is a positive integer less than $n$, gives a colouring that differs from the original in at least one point. Prove that the function $P_n(x)$ is a polynomial with respect to $x$.

Let $a, b$ and $c$ be the distinct solutions to the equation $x^3-2x^2+3x-4=0$. Find the value of $$\frac{1}{a(b^2+c^2-a^2)}+\frac{1}{b(c^2+a^2-b^2)}+\frac{1}{c(a^2+b^2-c^2)}.$$

A nonzero polynomial $f(x)$ with real coefficients has the property that $f(x)=f^\prime(x)f^{\prime\prime}(x)$. What is the leading coefficient of $f(x)$?

a. View the second-degree quadratic equation $x^2+? x +? = 0$ Two players successively put an integer each at the location of a question mark. Show that the second player can always ensure that the quadratic gets two integer solutions. Note: we say that the quadratic also has two integer solutions, even when they are equal (for example if they are both equal to $3$). b.View the third-degree equation $x^3 +? x^2 +? x +? = 0$ Three players successively put an integer each at the location of a question mark. The equation appears to have three integer (possibly again the same) solutions. It is given that two players each put a $3$ in the place of a question mark. What number did the third player put? Determine that number and the place where it is placed and prove that only one number is possible.

Positive rational number $a$ and $b$ satisfy the equality \[a^3 + 4a^2b = 4a^2 + b^4.\] Prove that the number $\sqrt{a}-1$ is a square of a rational number.

Let $a_1,\ldots, a_n$ be real numbers. Define polynomials $f,g$ by $$f(x)=\sum_{k=1}^n a_kx^k,\ g(x)=\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{a_k}{2^k-1}x^k.$$ Assume that $g(2016)=0$. Prove that $f(x)$ has a root in $(0;2016)$.

Numbers $ a,b,c$ are such that the equation $ x^3 \plus{} ax^2 \plus{} bx \plus{} c$ has three real roots.Prove that if $ \minus{} 2\leq a \plus{} b \plus{} c\leq 0$,then at least one of these roots belongs to the segment $ [0,2]$

The sum of all real $x$ such that $(2^{x} - 4)^{3} + (4^{x} - 2)^{3} = (4^{x} + 2^{x} - 6)^{3}$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3/2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5/2\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 7/2 $

Let $f$ and $g$ be two nonzero polynomials with integer coefficients and $\deg f>\deg g$. Suppose that for infinitely many primes $p$ the polynomial $pf+g$ has a rational root. Prove that $f$ has a rational root.

Given is a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree $n>1$ with real coefficients. The equation $P(P(P(x)))=P(x)$ has $n^3$ distinct real roots. Prove that these roots could be split into two groups with equal arithmetic mean.

Consider a sequence $x_1,x_2,\cdots x_{12}$ of real numbers such that $x_1=1$ and for $n=1,2,\dots,10$ let \[ x_{n+2}=\frac{(x_{n+1}+1)(x_{n+1}-1)}{x_n}. \] Suppose $x_n>0$ for $n=1,2,\dots,11$ and $x_{12}=0$. Then the value of $x_2$ can be written as $\frac{\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}}{c}$ for positive integers $a,b,c$ with $a>b$ and no square dividing $a$ or $b$. Find $100a+10b+c$. [i]Proposed by Michael Kural[/i]