Putnam 2014 B6
- Session B
Let be a function for which there exists a constant such that for all . Suppose also that for each rational number , there exist integers and such that . Prove that there exist finitely many intervals such that is a linear function on each and .
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Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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