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Putnam 2017 B3

  • Session B

Suppose that f(x)=∑i=0∞cixif(x) = \sum_{i=0}^\infty c_i x^i is a power series for which each coefficient cic_i is 00 or 11. Show that if f(2/3)=3/2f(2/3) = 3/2, then f(1/2)f(1/2) must be irrational.

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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