RMM 2021 Problem 6
- Day 2
Initially, a non-constant polynomial with real coefficients is written down on a board. Whenever the board contains a polynomial , not necessarily alone, one can write down on the board any polynomial of the form or , where is a real constant. Moreover, if the board contains two (not necessarily distinct) polynomials and , one can write and down on the board. No polynomial is ever erased from the board.
Given two sets of real numbers, and , a polynomial with real coefficients is -nice if , where .
Determine all polynomials that can initially be written down on the board such that, for any two finite sets and of real numbers, with , one can produce an -nice polynomial in a finite number of steps.
Iran, Navid SafaEi
Dataset text NuminaMath olympiads. Quoted with source.
Solutions
No solution is on olymmath yet. Official and human solutions come first when they arrive. AI solutions come after them, with a label.