Putnam 2009 B4
- Session B
Say that a polynomial with real coefficients in two variables, , is balanced if the average value of the polynomial on each circle centered at the origin is . The balanced polynomials of degree at most form a vector space over . Find the dimension of .
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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