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IMC 2005 day 2 pb 2
IMC 2005 day 2 pb 2
Source: Peter
July 26, 2005
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Problem Statement
Let
f
:
R
→
R
f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}
f
:
R
→
R
be a function such that
(
f
(
x
)
)
n
(f(x))^{n}
(
f
(
x
)
)
n
is a polynomial for every integer
n
≥
2
n\geq 2
n
≥
2
. Is
f
f
f
also a polynomial?
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