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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