Find the number of polynomials with integer coefficients such that and
This problem is not original
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This is only a partial solution, but: there is exactly one polynomial P for each positive degree, and two constant polynomials P ( x ) = − 1 , 2 that satisfy the equation. So a total of 2 0 1 6 in all.
If we let T n ( x ) be the Chebyshev polynomial of degree n such that T n ( cos θ ) = cos ( n θ ) , then P n ( x ) = 2 T n ( x / 2 ) satisfies the equation (exercise). So that gives the construction for the polynomials that satisfy the equation, but I am not sure how to show that these are the only ones.