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(Well known?) polynomial
(Well known?) polynomial
Source: 2023 Serbia TST Problem 4
May 22, 2023
algebra
polynomial
Serbia
TST
Problem Statement
Let
p
p
p
be a prime and
P
∈
R
[
x
]
P\in \mathbb{R}[x]
P
∈
R
[
x
]
be a polynomial of degree less than
p
−
1
p-1
p
−
1
such that
∣
P
(
1
)
∣
=
∣
P
(
2
)
∣
=
…
=
∣
P
(
p
)
∣
\lvert P(1)\rvert=\lvert P(2)\rvert=\ldots=\lvert P(p)\rvert
∣
P
(
1
)∣
=
∣
P
(
2
)∣
=
…
=
∣
P
(
p
)∣
. Prove that
P
P
P
is constant.
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