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Putnam 2002 A1

  • Session A

Let kk be a fixed positive integer. The nn-th derivative of 1xk−1\frac{1}{x^k - 1} has the form Pn(x)(xk−1)n+1\frac{P_n(x)}{(x^k - 1)^{n+1}} where Pn(x)P_n(x) is a polynomial. Find Pn(1)P_n(1).

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