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Putnam 1991 A3

  • Session A

Find all real polynomials p(x)p(x) of degree n≥2n \geq 2 for which there exist real numbers r1<r2<⋯<rnr_1 < r_2 < \cdots < r_n such that

  1. p(ri)=0,i=1,2,…,n,p(r_i) = 0, i = 1, 2, \dots, n, and

  2. p′(ri+ri+12)=0i=1,2,…,n−1,p' \left( \frac{r_i + r_{i+1}}{2} \right) = 0 i = 1, 2, \dots, n-1,

where p′(x)p'(x) denotes the derivative of p(x)p(x).

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