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National and Regional Contests
Latvia Contests
Latvia BW TST
2016 Latvia Baltic Way TST
3
3
Part of
2016 Latvia Baltic Way TST
Problems
(1)
roots of P (Q(x)) are -2015, ..., 2017 if P has degree 2016, Q is trinomial
Source: 2016 Latvia BW TST P3
12/17/2022
Given a polynomial
P
P
P
of degree
2016
2016
2016
with real coefficients and a quadratic polynomial
Q
Q
Q
with real coefficients. Is it possible that the roots of the polynomial
P
(
Q
(
x
)
)
P (Q(x))
P
(
Q
(
x
))
are exactly all these numbers:
−
2015
,
−
2014
,
.
.
.
,
−
2
,
−
1
,
1
,
2
,
.
.
.
,
2016
,
2017
?
-2015, -2014, . . . , -2, -1, 1, 2, . . . , 2016, 2017?
−
2015
,
−
2014
,
...
,
−
2
,
−
1
,
1
,
2
,
...
,
2016
,
2017
?
algebra
polynomial