How many polynomial f ( x ) exist with integral coefficients, so that { f ( 7 ) = 1 1 f ( 1 1 ) = 1 3
Note: Write 11 as your answer, if your actual answer comes out to be infinite.
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f(y)-f(x) must be divisible by (y-x)
If all the coefficients are integers
But there is a contradiction when y=11 x=7
This will use proof by contradiction.
Assume that such a polynomial exist.
g ( x ) : = f ( x + 7 ) − 1 1 is also a polynomial with integral coefficients.
We have: { g ( 0 ) g ( 4 ) = = 0 2
Composing the above polynomial with the map Z → Z / 4 Z gives us the contradiction 0 ≡ 2 .
(11-7) divides f (11)-f (7)....what else needed??
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f ( x ) = a 0 + a 1 x + a 2 x 2 + . . . . . . .
Subtracting first equation from second, 2 = 4 a 1 + 7 2 a 2 + . . . . . .
Here we can see that no integral set of values of a n exists satisfying this equation!