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Friday, May 27, 2016

2016/048) Let f(x) = Ax^2 + Bx +C where A,B,C are real numbers. prove that if (x) is integer for all integers x then 2A, A + B, C are integers. prove the converse as well.

we have f(x) = A x^2 + Bx + C = A (x^2-x) + (A+B) x + C=2A\frac{x(x-1)}{2} + (A+B) x + C
now x and \frac{x(x-1)}{2} are integers for integer x. so if (A+B),2A and C are integers the f(x) is integer for integer x
if f(x) is integer for all x then f(0) = C is integer.
f(1) = (A+B) 1 + C is integer so A+B is integer
f(2) = 2A + 2(A +B) + C is integer so 2A is integer

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