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Polynomial

Source: China TST 2004 Quiz

February 1, 2009
algebrapolynomialcalculusintegrationnumber theory

Problem Statement

Given arbitrary positive integer a a larger than 1 1, show that for any positive integer n n, there always exists a n-degree integral coefficient polynomial p(x) p(x), such that p(0) p(0), p(1) p(1), \cdots, p(n) p(n) are pairwise distinct positive integers, and all have the form of 2a^k\plus{}3, where k k is also an integer.