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Putnam 2016 A1

  • Session A

Find the smallest positive integer jj such that for every polynomial p(x)p(x) with integer coefficients and for every integer kk, the integer p(j)(k)=djdxjp(x)∣x=kp^{(j)}(k) = \left. \frac{d^j}{dx^j} p(x) \right|_{x=k} (the jj-th derivative of p(x)p(x) at kk) is divisible by 2016.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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