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Problem

Find all polynomials , with real coefficients, such that for each real number , is the solution of the following equation
Solution
From the hypothesis, we have for all . From that, we deduce that the polynomial is divisible by the polynomial . Thus, the polynomial must have one of the following forms , , or , where is some real constant. However, if polynomial is divisible by polynomial , then from equation (1), we deduce that the polynomial is divisible by , contradiction. Therefore, the polynomial must have one of two forms or where is some non-zero constant.

If then from equation (1), we have or for all real numbers .

If then from equation (1), we have for all . We obtain that . On the other hand, the two polynomials and are coprime, so we deduce that . Putting , we have , therefore Since , we deduce that . However, as , it follows that and . But this system has no real solutions. Therefore, in this case there do not exist polynomials that satisfy the requirement.

In short, the polynomials satisfy the problem are of the form , and where is some non-zero number.
Final answer
All solutions are P(x) = k with k a nonzero real constant, and Q(x) = [-k(x^{2024} + x) - x^3 - 2025x - k^{2023}]/k^2.

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