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Putnam 1985 A6

  • Session A

If p(x)=a0+a1x+⋯+amxmp(x)= a_0 + a_1 x + \cdots + a_m x^m is a polynomial with real coefficients aia_i, then set Γ(p(x))=a02+a12+⋯+am2.\Gamma(p(x)) = a_0^2 + a_1^2 + \cdots + a_m^2. Let F(x)=3x2+7x+2F(x) = 3x^2+7x+2. Find, with proof, a polynomial g(x)g(x) with real coefficients such that

(i) g(0)=1g(0)=1, and

(ii) Γ(f(x)n)=Γ(g(x)n)\Gamma(f(x)^n) = \Gamma(g(x)^n)

for every integer n≥1n \geq 1.

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