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(1)
2024 COMC C4
Source:
11/4/2024
Call a polynomial
f
(
x
)
f(x)
f
(
x
)
excellent if its coefficients are all in [0, 1) and
f
(
x
)
f(x)
f
(
x
)
is an integer for all integers
x
x
x
. a) Compute the number of excellent polynomials with degree at most 3. b) Compute the number of excellent polynomials with degree at most
n
n
n
, in terms of
n
n
n
. c) Find the minimum
n
≥
3
n\ge3
n
≥
3
for which there exists an excellent polynomial of the form
1
n
!
x
n
+
g
(
x
)
\frac{1}{n!}x^n+g(x)
n
!
1
x
n
+
g
(
x
)
, where
g
(
x
)
g(x)
g
(
x
)
is a polynomial of degree at most
n
−
3
n-3
n
−
3
.
Comc
algebra
polynomial