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BALTIC-WAY 2015 Problem 3

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Let n>1n>1 be an integer. Find all non-constant real polynomials P(x)P(x) satisfying, for any real xx, the identity

P(x)P(x2)P(x3)⋯P(xn)=P(xn(n+1)2).P(x) P\left(x^{2}\right) P\left(x^{3}\right) \cdots P\left(x^{n}\right)=P\left(x^{\frac{n(n+1)}{2}}\right) .

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P(x)=x^{m} \text{ if } n \text{ is even; } P(x)= \pm x^{m} \text{ if } n \text{ is odd.}

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