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# Problem A. 379. (September 2005)

A. 379. Find all real numbers for which there exists a non-zero polynomial P, such that

for all n. List all such polynomials for =2.

(5 pont)

Deadline expired on October 17, 2005.

Sketch of solution. Let P(x)=a0+a1x+...+akxk. Both sides of the equation contains a polynomial of n, degree is k. The coefficients must pairwise match.

Since the coefficient of nk is on the left-hand side, and it is ak on the right-hand side. Therefore, .

If then we have a homogenous system of linear equations for the coefficients and one of these equations vanishes. So the system has infinitely many solutions.

For =2 we obtain k=3 and P(x)=c(x3-x).

### Statistics:

 15 students sent a solution. 5 points: Erdélyi Márton, Estélyi István, Gyenizse Gergő, Kónya 495 Gábor, Nagy 224 Csaba, Paulin Roland, Tomon István. 4 points: Jankó Zsuzsanna, Molnár 999 András. 3 points: 2 students. 1 point: 1 student. 0 point: 3 students.

Problems in Mathematics of KöMaL, September 2005