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1988 Balkan MO
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find all polynomials
find all polynomials
Source: bmo 1988
April 23, 2007
algebra
polynomial
algebra proposed
Problem Statement
Find all polynomials of two variables
P
(
x
,
y
)
P(x,y)
P
(
x
,
y
)
which satisfy
P
(
a
,
b
)
P
(
c
,
d
)
=
P
(
a
c
+
b
d
,
a
d
+
b
c
)
,
∀
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
∈
R
.
P(a,b) P(c,d) = P (ac+bd, ad+bc), \forall a,b,c,d \in \mathbb{R}.
P
(
a
,
b
)
P
(
c
,
d
)
=
P
(
a
c
+
b
d
,
a
d
+
b
c
)
,
∀
a
,
b
,
c
,
d
∈
R
.
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