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Part of 2000 Tuymaada Olympiad
Problems(2)
Polynomial - TUYMAADA-2000
Source:
1/20/2007
Polynomial is such that for all real ,
P(\sin x) \plus{} P(\cos x) \equal{} 1.
What can be the degree of this polynomial?
algebrapolynomialtrigonometrymodular arithmeticalgebra unsolved
Tuymaada Yakut Olympiad 2000, Problem 3
Source:
7/24/2012
Can the 'brick wall' (infinite in all directions) drawn at the picture be made of wires of length (each positive integral length occurs exactly once)? (Wires can be bent but should not overlap; size of a 'brick' is ).[asy]
unitsize(0.5 cm);for(int i = 1; i <= 9; ++i) {
draw((0,i)--(10,i));
}for(int i = 0; i <= 4; ++i) {
for(int j = 0; j <= 4; ++j) {
draw((2*i + 1,2*j)--(2*i + 1,2*j + 1));
}
}for(int i = 0; i <= 3; ++i) {
for(int j = 0; j <= 4; ++j) {
draw((2*i + 2,2*j + 1)--(2*i + 2,2*j + 2));
}
}
[/asy]
calculusintegrationcombinatorics