Found problems: 4275
Let $P(x)$ be a quartic polynomial with integer coefficients and leading coefficient $1$ such that $P(\sqrt 2+\sqrt 3+\sqrt 6)=0$. Find $P(1)$.
Let $p(x)$ be the monic cubic polynomial with roots $\sin^2(1^{\circ})$, $\sin^2(3^{\circ})$, and $\sin^2(9^{\circ})$. Suppose that $p\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)=\frac{\sin(a^{\circ})}{n\sin(b^{\circ})}$, where $0 <a,b \le 90$ and $a,b,n$ are positive integers. What is $a+b+n$?
[i]Proposed by Andrew Yuan[/i]
Let $A = A(x,y)$ and $B = B(x,y)$ be two-variable polynomials with real coefficients. Suppose that $A(x,y)/B(x,y)$ is a polynomial in $x$ for infinitely many values of $y$, and a polynomial in $y$ for infinitely many values of $x$. Prove that $B$ divides $A$, meaning there exists a third polynomial $C$ with real coefficients such that $A = B \cdot C$.
[i]Proposed by Victor Wang[/i]
Polynomial $p(x)$ with real coefficients, which is different from the constant, has the following property:
[i] for any naturals $n$ and $k$ the $\frac{p(n+1)p(n+2)...p(n+k)}{p(1)p(2)...p(k)}$ is an integer.[/i]
Prove that this polynomial is divisible by $x$.
Let $f : R \to R$, and let $P$ be a nonzero polynomial with degree no more than $2015$. For any nonnegative integer $n$, $f^{(n)}(x)$ denotes the function defined as $f$ composed with itself $n$ times. For example, $f^{(0)}(x) = x$, $f^{(1)}(x) = f(x)$, $f^{(2)}(x) = f(f(x))$, etc. Show that there always exists a real number $q$ such that $$f^{((2017^{2017})!)(q)} \ne (q + 2017)(qP(q) - 1).$$
When all vertex angles of a convex polygon are equal, call it equiangular. Prove that $ p > 2$ is a prime number, if and only if the lengths of all sides of equiangular $ p$ polygon are rational numbers, it is a regular $ p$ polygon.
Define the polymonial sequence $\left \{ f_n\left ( x \right ) \right \}_{n\ge 1}$ with $f_1\left ( x \right )=1$, $$f_{2n}\left ( x \right )=xf_n\left ( x \right ), \; f_{2n+1}\left ( x \right ) = f_n\left ( x \right )+ f_{n+1} \left ( x \right ), \; n\ge 1.$$ Look for all the rational number $a$ which is a root of certain $f_n\left ( x \right ).$
Let $k$ and $m$ be positive integers. For a positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ be the number of integer sequences $x_1,\,\ldots,\,x_k,\,y_1,\,\ldots,\,y_m,\,z$ satisfying $1\leq x_1\leq\cdots\leq x_k\leq z\leq n$ and $1\leq y_1\leq\cdots\leq y_m\leq z\leq n$. Show that $f(n)$ can be expressed as a polynomial in $n$ with nonnegative coefficients.
The number obtained from the last two nonzero digits of $ 90!$ is equal to $ n$. What is $ n$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 48 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 52 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 68$
Let $P_c(x)=x^4+ax^3+bx^2+cx+1$ and $Q_c(x)=x^4+cx^3+bx^2+ax+1$ with $a,b$ real numbers, $c \in \{1,2, \dots, 2017\}$ an integer and $a \ne c$. Define $A_c=\{\alpha | P_c(\alpha)=0\}$ and $B_c=\{\beta | P(\beta)=0\}$.
(a) Find the number of unordered pairs of polynomials $P_c(x), Q_c(x)$ with exactly two common roots.
(b) For any $1 \le c \le 2017$, find the sum of the elements of $A_c \Delta B_c$.
Does there exist a real $3\times 3$ matrix $A$ such that $\text{tr}(A)=0$ and $A^2+A^t=I?$ ($\text{tr}(A)$ denotes the trace of $A,\ A^t$ the transpose of $A,$ and $I$ is the identity matrix.)
[i]Proposed by Moubinool Omarjee, Paris[/i]
Suppose that $n$ is a positive integer number. Consider a regular polygon with $2n$ sides such that one of its largest diagonals is parallel to the $x$-axis. Find the smallest integer $d$ such that there is a polynomial $P$ of degree $d$ whose graph intersects all sides of the polygon on points other than vertices.
Proposed by Mohammad Ahmadi
Let $P (x)$ be a non constant integer polynomial and positive integer $n$. The sequence $a_0, a_1, ...$ is defined by $a_0 = n$ and $a_k = P (a_{k-1})$ for $k \ge 1$. Given that for each positive integer $b$, the sequence contains a $b$-th power of some positive integer greater than $1$. Prove that deg $P = 1$
Suppose that for two real numbers $x$ and $y$ the following equality is true:
$$(x+ \sqrt{1+ x^2})(y+\sqrt{1+y^2})=1$$
Find (with proof) the value of $x+y$.
Let $P(x)$ be a monic polynomial with integer coefficients of degree $10$. Prove that there exist distinct positive integers $a,b$ not exceeding $101$ such that $P(a)-P(b)$ is divisible by $101$.
Find all polynomials $ P $ with integer coefficients that have the property that for any natural number $ n $ the polynomial $ P-n $ has at least a root whose square is integer.
$n>1$ is an integer. Let real number $x>1$ satisfy $$x^{101}-nx^{100}+nx-1=0.$$ Prove that for any real $0<a<b<1$, there exists a positive integer $m$ so that $a<\{x^m\}<b.$
[i]Proposed by Chenjie Yu[/i]
Let the polynomial $P(x)=x^3+19x^2+94x+a$ where $a\in\mathbb{N}$. If $p$ a prime number, prove that no more than three numbers of the numbers $P(0), P(1),\ldots, P(p-1)$ are divisible by $p$.
For every natural number $n$, find all polynomials $x^2+ax+b$, where $a^2 \geq 4b$, that divide $x^{2n} + ax^n + b$.
Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ real matrix with minimal polynomial $x^n + x - 1$. Prove that the trace of $(nA^{n-1} + I)^{-1}A^{n-2}$ is zero.
Let $a, b, c, d$ be integers. Prove that for any positive integer $n$, there are at least $\left \lfloor{\frac{n}{4}}\right \rfloor $ positive integers $m \leq n$ such that $m^5 + dm^4 + cm^3 + bm^2 + 2023m + a$ is not a perfect square.
[i]Proposed by Ilir Snopce[/i]
Let $n$ be an integer with $n\geq 2.$ Over all real polynomials $p(x)$ of degree $n,$ what is the largest possible number of negative coefficients of $p(x)^2?$
Prove that the polynomial $ x^3 + x + 1 $ is a factor of the polynomial $ P_n(x) = x^{n + 2} + (x+1)^{2n+1} $ for every integer $ n \geq 0 $.
Given a polynomial $P(x)$ with positive real coefficients.
Prove that $P(1)P(xy) \ge P(x)P(y)$ for all $x\ge1, y \ge 1$.
(K. Gorodnin)
Find all relatively distinct integers $m, n, p\in \mathbb{Z}_{\ne 0}$ such that the polynomial
$$F(x) = x(x - m)(x - n)(x - p) + 1$$is reducible in $\mathbb{Z}[x].$