olymmath

SMO 2018

Singapore Mathematical Olympiad 2018.

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Problem 5

Consider a polynomial P(x,y,z)P(x,y,z) in three variables with integer coefficients such that for any real numbers a,b,c,a,b,c, P(a,b,c)=0⇔a=b=c.P(a,b,c)=0 \Leftrightarrow a=b=c. Find the largest integer rr such that for all such polynomials P(x,y,z)P(x,y,z) and integers m,n,m,n, mr∣P(n,n+m,n+2m).m^r\mid P(n,n+m,n+2m). [i]Proposed by Ma Zhao Yu