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Source: European Mathematical Cup 2017 Problem 4

December 27, 2017
algebrapolynomial

Problem Statement

Find all polynomials PP with integer coefficients such that P(0)0P (0)\ne 0 and Pn(m)Pm(n)P^n(m)\cdot P^m(n) is a square of an integer for all nonnegative integers n,mn, m.
Remark: For a nonnegative integer kk and an integer nn, Pk(n)P^k(n) is defined as follows: Pk(n)=nP^k(n) = n if k=0k = 0 and Pk(n)=P(P(k1(n))P^k(n)=P(P(^{k-1}(n)) if k>0k >0.
Proposed by Adrian Beker.