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ISL 2016 N8

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Find all polynomials P(x)P(x) of odd degree dd and with integer coefficients satisfying the following property: for each positive integer nn, there exist nn positive integers x1,x2,…,xnx_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n} such that 12<P(xi)P(xj)<2\frac{1}{2}<\frac{P\left(x_{i}\right)}{P\left(x_{j}\right)}<2 and P(xi)P(xj)\frac{P\left(x_{i}\right)}{P\left(x_{j}\right)} is the dd-th power of a rational number for every pair of indices ii and jj with 1⩽i,j⩽n1 \leqslant i, j \leqslant n.

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P(x)=a(r x+s)^{d}

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