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RMM 2021 Problem 6

  • Day 2

Initially, a non-constant polynomial S(x)S(x) with real coefficients is written down on a board. Whenever the board contains a polynomial P(x)P(x), not necessarily alone, one can write down on the board any polynomial of the form P(C+x)P(C+x) or C+P(x)C+P(x), where CC is a real constant. Moreover, if the board contains two (not necessarily distinct) polynomials P(x)P(x) and Q(x)Q(x), one can write P(Q(x))P(Q(x)) and P(x)+Q(x)P(x)+Q(x) down on the board. No polynomial is ever erased from the board.

Given two sets of real numbers, A={a1,a2,…,an}A=\left\{a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}\right\} and B={b1,b2,…,bn}B=\left\{b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots, b_{n}\right\}, a polynomial f(x)f(x) with real coefficients is (A,B)(A, B)-nice if f(A)=Bf(A)=B, where f(A)={f(ai):i=1,2,…,n}f(A)=\left\{f\left(a_{i}\right): i=1,2, \ldots, n\right\}.

Determine all polynomials S(x)S(x) that can initially be written down on the board such that, for any two finite sets AA and BB of real numbers, with ∣A∣=∣B∣|A|=|B|, one can produce an (A,B)(A, B)-nice polynomial in a finite number of steps.

Iran, Navid SafaEi

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