Found problems: 4275
Find the value of $ k\ (0<k<5)$ such that $ \int_0^{\infty} \frac{x^k}{2\plus{}4x\plus{}3x^2\plus{}5x^3\plus{}3x^4\plus{}4x^5\plus{}2x^6}\ dx$ is minimal.
Given a polynomial $p(x)$ with real coefficients, we denote by $S(p)$ the sum of the squares of its coefficients. For example $S(20x+ 21)=20^2+21^2=841$.
Prove that if $f(x)$, $g(x)$, and $h(x)$ are polynomials with real coefficients satisfying the indentity $f(x) \cdot g(x)=h(x)^ 2$, then $$S(f) \cdot S(g) \ge S(h)^2$$
[i]Proposed by Bhavya Tiwari[/i]
Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers $d$ such that we can find a polynomial $P\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$ of degree $d$ and $N\in\mathbb{N}$ such that for all integers $x>N$ and any prime $p$, we have $$\nu_p(P(x)^3+3P(x)^2-3)<\frac{d\cdot\log(x)}{2024^{2024}}.$$
[i]Proposed by Marius Cerlat[/i]
Let $\alpha$ be a root of the equation $x^3-5x+3=0$ and let $f(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients. Prove that if $f(\alpha)$ be the root of equation above, then $f(f(\alpha))$ is a root, too.
Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $n > 1$ with integer coefficients and let $k$ be a positive integer. Consider the polynomial $Q(x) = P(P(\ldots P(P(x)) \ldots ))$, where $P$ occurs $k$ times. Prove that there are at most $n$ integers $t$ such that $Q(t) = t$.
Define $\eta(f)$ to be the number of roots that are repeated of the complex-valued polynomial $f$ (e.g. $\eta((x-1)^3\cdot(x+1)^4)=5$). Prove that for nonconstant, relatively prime $f,g\in\mathbb C[x]$,
$$\eta(f)+\eta(g)+\eta(f+g)<\deg f+\deg g$$
Let $n\in\mathbb N$ and define $P(x,y)=x^n+xy+y^n.$
Show that we cannot obtain two non-constant polynomials $G(x,y)$ and $H(x,y)$ with real coefficients such that
$P(x,y)=G(x,y)\cdot H(x,y).$
Let $S$ be a class of functions from $[0,\infty)$ to $[0,\infty)$ that satisfies:
(i) The functions $f_1(x)=e^x-1$ and $f_2(x)=\ln(x+1)$ are in $S;$
(ii) If $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are in $S,$ the functions $f(x)+g(x)$ and $f(g(x))$ are in $S;$
(iii) If $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are in $S$ and $f(x)\ge g(x)$ for all $x\ge 0,$ then the function $f(x)-g(x)$ is in $S.$
Prove that if $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are in $S,$ then the function $f(x)g(x)$ is also in $S.$
If $x,y,z,p,q,r$ are real numbers such that \[\frac{1}{x+p}+\frac{1}{y+p}+\frac{1}{z+p}=\frac{1}{p}\]\[\frac{1}{x+q}+\frac{1}{y+q}+\frac{1}{z+q}=\frac{1}{q}\]\[\frac{1}{x+r}+\frac{1}{y+r}+\frac{1}{z+r}=\frac{1}{r}.\]Find the numerical value of $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{r}$.
Prove that there is a constant $C$ such that, if $p(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $1999$, then \[|p(0)|\leq C\int_{-1}^1|p(x)|\,dx.\]
Classify up to homeomorphism the topological spaces of the support of functions that are real quadratic polynoms of three variables and and irreducible over the set of real numbers.
$S$ ist the set of all cubic polynomials $f$ with $|f(\pm 1)| \leq 1$ and $|f(\pm \frac{1}{2})| \leq 1$. Find $\sup_{f \in S} \max_{-1 \leq x \leq 1} |f''(x)|$ and all members of $f$ which give equality.
For any positive integer $k$, denote the sum of digits of $k$ in its decimal representation by $S(k)$. Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that for any positive integer $n \geq 2016$, the integer $P(n)$ is positive and $$S(P(n)) = P(S(n)).$$
[i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]
Let $n,m$ be positive integers such that $n<m$ and $a_1, a_2, ..., a_m$ be different real numbers.
(a) Find all polynomials $P$ with real coefficients and degree at most $n$ such that:
$|P(a_i)-P(a_j)|=|a_i-a_j|$ for all $i,j=\{1, 2, ..., m\}$ such that $i<j$.
(b) If $n,m\ge 2$ does there exist a polynomial $Q$ with real coefficients and degree $n$ such that:
$|Q(a_i)-Q(a_j)|<|a_i-a_j|$ for all $i,j=\{1, 2, ..., m\}$ such that $i<j$
Edit: See #3
For each polynomial $P(x)$ with real coefficients, define
$P_0=P(0)$ and $P_j(x)=x^j\cdot P^{(j)}(x)$
where $P^{(j)}$ denotes the $j$-th derivative of $P$ for $j\geq 1$.
Prove that there exists one unique sequence of real numbers $b_0, b_1, b_2, \dots$ such that for each polynomial $P(x)$ with real coefficients and for each $x$ real, we have
$P(x)=b_0P_0+\sum_{k\geq 1}b_kP_k(x)=b_0P_0+b_1P_1(x)+b_2P_2(x)+\dots$
Given are quadratic trinomials $f$ and $g$ with integral coefficients. For each positive integer $n$ there is an integer $k$ such that
\[\frac{f(k)}{g(k)}=\frac{n + 1}{n}. \]
Prove that $f$ and $g$ have a common root.
[i] Proposed by A. Golovanov [/i]
Let $a,b,c,d$ be the four roots of the polynomial
\[x^4+3x^3-x^2+x-2.\]
Given that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{1}{d}=\frac{1}{2}$ and $\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}+\frac{1}{d^2}=-\frac{3}{4}$, the value of
\[\frac{1}{a^3}+\frac{1}{b^3}+\frac{1}{c^3}+\frac{1}{d^3}\]
can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Compute $m+n$.
[i]Proposed by Nathan Xiong[/i]
For some integer $m$, the polynomial $x^3-2011x+m$ has the three integer roots $a$, $b$, and $c$. Find $|a|+|b|+|c|$.
Initially, two constant polynomials are written on the board: \(0\) and \(1\). At each step, it is allowed to add \(1\) to one of the polynomials and to multiply another one by the polynomial \(45x + 2025\). Can the polynomials become equal at some point?
[i]Proposed by Oleksii Masalitin[/i]
Let \( p \) be a monic polynomial with all distinct real roots. Show that there exists \( K \) such that
\[
(p(x)^2)'' \leq K(p'(x))^2.
\]
a)Let $A,B\in \mathcal{M}_3(\mathbb{R})$ such that $\text{rank}\ A>\text{rank}\ B$. Prove that $\text{rank}\ A^2\ge \text{rank}\ B^2$.
b)Find the non-constant polynomials $f\in \mathbb{R}[X]$ such that $(\forall)A,B\in \mathcal{M}_4(\mathbb{R})$ with $\text{rank}\ A>\text{rank}\ B$, we have $\text{rank}\ f(A)>\text{rank}\ f(B)$.
Decide whether for every polynomial $P$ of degree at least $1$, there exist infinitely many primes that divide $P(n)$ for at least one positive integer $n$.
[i](Walther Janous)[/i]
The polynomial $ W(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx + cx + d $ is given. Prove that if the equation $ W(x) = 0 $ has four real roots, then for there to exist $ m $ such that $ W(x+m) = x^4+px^2+q $, it is necessary and it is enough that the sum of certain two roots of the equation $ W(x) = 0 $ equals the sum of the remaining ones.
Suppose that the integers $a_{1}$, $a_{2}$, $\cdots$, $a_{n}$ are distinct. Show that \[(x-a_{1})(x-a_{2}) \cdots (x-a_{n})-1\] cannot be expressed as the product of two nonconstant polynomials with integer coefficients.
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients such that the polynomial $$Q(x) = (x + 1)P(x-1) -(x-1)P(x)$$ is constant.