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USAMTS 5/2/36

Prove that there is no polynomial $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $$P(\sqrt[3]{5}+\sqrt[3]{25})=2\sqrt[3]{5}+3\sqrt[3]{25}$$🔑 Proof: Assume that there is a polynomial $P(x)$ of degree $n$, with integer coefficients, and without trivial root of $0$, such that$$P(\sqrt[3]{5}+\sqrt[3]{25})=2\sqrt[3]{5}+3\sqrt[3]{25}$$Therefore, $P(x)$ can be expressed as … Continue reading

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USAMTS 4/1/36

During a lecture, each of  mathematicians falls asleep exactly once, and stays asleep for a nonzero amount of time. Each mathematician is awake at the moment the lecture starts, and the moment the lecture finishes. Prove that there are either  mathematicians such … Continue reading

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