Found problems: 3597
Find all complex roots (with multiplicities) of the polynomial
$$p(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{2008}(1004-|1004-n|)x^n.$$
Let $P(a)$ be the largest prime positive divisor of $a^2 + 1$. Prove that exist infinitely many positive integers $a, b, c$ such that $P(a)=P(b)=P(c)$.
[i]A. Golovanov[/i]
If $p,q\in\mathbb{R}[x]$ satisfy $p(p(x))=q(x)^2$, does it follow that $p(x)=r(x)^2$ for some $r\in\mathbb{R}[x]$?
Let $M=\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$, each element of $M$ is colored in either red, blue or yellow. Set
$A=\{(x,y,z)\in M\times M\times M|x+y+z\equiv 0\mod n$, $x,y,z$ are of same color$\},$
$B=\{(x,y,z)\in M\times M\times M|x+y+z\equiv 0\mod n,$ $x,y,z$ are of pairwise distinct color$\}.$
Prove that $2|A|\geq |B|$.
A polynomial $P(x, y, z)$ in three variables with real coefficients satisfies the identities
$$P(x, y, z)=P(x, y, xy-z)=P(x, zx-y, z)=P(yz-x, y, z).$$
Prove that there exists a polynomial $F(t)$ in one variable such that
$$P(x,y,z)=F(x^2+y^2+z^2-xyz).$$
Two polynomials $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ with real coefficients are called similar if there exist nonzero real number a such that $f(x) = q \cdot g(x)$ for all $x \in R$.
[b]I.[/b] Show that there exists a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree 1999 with real coefficients which satisfies the condition: $(P(x))^2 - 4$ and $(P'(x))^2 \cdot (x^2-4)$ are similar.
[b]II.[/b] How many polynomials of degree 1999 are there which have above mentioned property.
Prove that there exists a polynomial $P(x)$ with real coefficients and degree greater than 1 such that both of the following conditions are true
$\cdot$ $P(a)+P(b)+P(c)\ge 2021$ holds for all nonnegative real numbers $a,b,c$ such that $a+b+c=3$
$\cdot$ There are infinitely many triples $(a,b,c)$ of nonnegative real numbers such that $a+b+c=3$ and $P(a)+P(b)+P(c)= 2021$
Suppose that $\omega$ is a primitive $2007^{\text{th}}$ root of unity. Find $\left(2^{2007}-1\right)\displaystyle\sum_{j=1}^{2006}\dfrac{1}{2-\omega^j}$.
Prove that $ \forall n > 1, n \in \mathbb{N}$ the equation \[ \sum^n_{k\equal{}1} \frac{x^k}{k!} \plus{} 1 \equal{} 0\] has no rational roots.
Find all positive integers $ k$ for which the following statement is true: If $ F(x)$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients satisfying the condition $ 0 \leq F(c) \leq k$ for each $ c\in \{0,1,\ldots,k \plus{} 1\}$, then $ F(0) \equal{} F(1) \equal{} \ldots \equal{} F(k \plus{} 1)$.
Fix an integer $n \geq 2$ and let $a_1, \ldots, a_n$ be integers, where $a_1 = 1$. Let
$$ f(x) = \sum_{m=1}^n a_mm^x. $$ Suppose that $f(x) = 0$ for some $K$ consecutive positive integer values of $x$. In terms of $n$, determine the maximum possible value of $K$.
Prove the following inequality:
\[\prod^k_{i=1} x_i \cdot \sum^k_{i=1} x^{n-1}_i \leq \sum^k_{i=1}
x^{n+k-1}_i,\] where $x_i > 0,$ $k \in \mathbb{N}, n \in
\mathbb{N}.$
Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a polynomial $P_n(x)$ of degree $n$ with integer coefficients that is equal to $n$ at $n$ different integer points and that equals zero at zero.
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $P,Q$ be polynomials with real coefficients with $P(x)=x^nQ(\frac{1}{x})$ and $P(x) \geq Q(x)$ for all real numbers $x$. Prove that $P(x)=Q(x)$ for all real number $x$.
The roots of the equation $x^5-180x^4+Ax^3+Bx^2+Cx+D=0$ are in geometric progression. The sum of their reciprocals is $20$. Compute $|D|$.
Let $a_1 < a_2 < \cdots < a_k$ denote the sequence of all positive integers between $1$ and $91$ which are relatively prime to $91$, and set $\omega = e^{2\pi i/91}$. Define \[S = \prod_{1\leq q < p\leq k}\left(\omega^{a_p} - \omega^{a_q}\right).\] Given that $S$ is a positive integer, compute the number of positive divisors of $S$.
For how many positive integers $n$ is $n^3-8n^2+20n-13$ a prime number?
$\textbf{(A) }1\qquad\textbf{(B) }2\qquad\textbf{(C) }3\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{more than 4}$
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $a_j$, for $j=1,2,\ldots,n$ are complex numbers. Suppose $I$ is an arbitrary nonempty subset of $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$, the inequality $\left|-1+ \prod_{j\in I} (1+a_j) \right| \leq \frac 12$ always holds.
Prove that $\sum_{j=1}^n |a_j| \leq 3$.
Let $f(x)=Ax^2+Bx+C$, $g(x)=ax^2+bx+c$ be two quadratic polynomial functions with real coefficients that satisfy the relation \[|f(x)| \ge |g(x)|\] for all real $x$. Prove that $|b^2-4ac| \le |B^2-4AC|.$
My solution was nearly complete...
Let \( P_1(x) \) and \( P_2(x) \) be monic quadratic trinomials, and let \( A_1 \) and \( A_2 \) be the vertices of the parabolas \( y = P_1(x) \) and \( y = P_2(x) \), respectively. Let \( m(g(x)) \) denote the minimum value of the function \( g(x) \). It is known that the differences \( m(P_1(P_2(x))) - m(P_1(x)) \) and \( m(P_2(P_1(x))) - m(P_2(x)) \) are equal positive numbers. Find the angle between the line \( A_1A_2 \) and the $x$-axis. \\
We define $(x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n) \Delta (y_1, y_2, \ldots , y_n) = \left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}x_iy_{2-i}, \sum_{i=1}^{n}x_iy_{3-i}, \ldots , \sum_{i=1}^{n}x_iy_{n+1-i} \right)$, where the indices are taken modulo $n$.
Besides this, if $v$ is a vector, we define $v^k = v$, if $k=1$, or $v^k = v \Delta v^{k-1}$, otherwise.
Prove that, if $(x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n)^k = (0, 0, \ldots , 0)$, for some natural number $k$, then $x_1 = x_2 = \ldots = x_n = 0$.
The graph of $ y \equal{} x^6 \minus{} 10x^5 \plus{} 29x^4 \minus{} 4x^3 \plus{} ax^2$ lies above the line $ y \equal{} bx \plus{} c$ except at three values of $ x$, where the graph and the line intersect. What is the largest of those values?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 8$
Suppose that the roots of $x^3+3x^2+4x-11=0$ are $a, b,$ and $c,$ and that the roots of $x^3+rx^2+sx+t=0$ are $a+b, b+c,$ and $c+a.$ Find $t.$
Egor and Igor take turns (Igor starts) replacing the coefficients of the polynomial \[a_{99}x^{99} + \cdots + a_1x + a_0\]with non-zero integers. Egor wants the polynomial to have as many different integer roots as possible. What is the largest number of roots he can always achieve?
Calculate $f(\sqrt[3]{2}-1) $, where
$$f(x) = x^{1999} + 3x^{1998} + 4x^{1997} + 2x^{1996} + 4x^{1995} + 2x^{1994} + ...$$
$$... + 4x^3 + 2x^2 + 3x+ 1.$$