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Putnam 2007 B5

  • Session B

Let kk be a positive integer. Prove that there exist polynomials P0(n),P1(n),…,Pk−1(n)P_0(n), P_1(n), \dots, P_{k-1}(n) (which may depend on kk) such that for any integer nn, ⌊nk⌋k=P0(n)+P1(n)⌊nk⌋+⋯+Pk−1(n)⌊nk⌋k−1.\left\lfloor \frac{n}{k} \right\rfloor^k = P_0(n) + P_1(n) \left\lfloor \frac{n}{k} \right\rfloor + \cdots + P_{k-1}(n) \left\lfloor \frac{n}{k} \right\rfloor^{k-1}. (⌊a⌋\lfloor a \rfloor means the largest integer ≤a\leq a.)

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