Friday, September 4, 2026
Today's topic: Putnam / fun problems
The Polynomial That Divides Its Own Composition
Let be a nonconstant polynomial with positive integer coefficients. Prove that for every positive integer ,
Wait — prove the stronger claim from Putnam 2007 B-1:
Let be a nonconstant polynomial with positive integer coefficients. Prove that for any positive integer , divides if and only if .
polynomialdivisibilitynumber theorypositive coefficientsmodular arithmetic
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