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Putnam 2007 B1

  • Session B

Let ff be a polynomial with positive integer coefficients. Prove that if nn is a positive integer, then f(n)f(n) divides f(f(n)+1)f(f(n)+1) if and only if n=1n=1. [Editor's note: one must assume ff is nonconstant.]

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