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Saudi Arabia algebra
Problem
Find all integers such that there exists a polynomial with integer coefficients satisfying
Solution
First, we prove 2 lemmas as the problem in Level 4's Test. Then turn to the problem, since , then by the second lemma, we obtain . That is, , and we can easily check that these numbers satisfy the condition of the problem.
Final answer
n ∈ {5, 3, 2, 0, -1, -3}
Techniques
Polynomial operationsDivisibility / Factorization