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18th Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey number theory

Problem

Let denote the set of polynomials where are integers. Determine the number of polynomials in for which there exists a polynomial in such that for all integers .
Solution
We will show that there exists for if and only if and . Then it follows that the answer is Assume that for all . Then is one-to-one modulo and using the Chinese Remainder Theorem we deduce that is one-to-one modulo for each . Let . If , then gives a contradiction. Hence . If , then gives a contradiction. Hence . Therefore and . In particular,

(mod ) exists. Since we have where is 0 or 1. Therefore Now if we let , we obtain , and hence . Conversely, if and , then we can define and as above. Since and for all , follows.
Final answer
2^5 3 11 * 2010^{26}

Techniques

Chinese remainder theoremInverses mod nGreatest common divisors (gcd)φ (Euler's totient)Polynomial operations