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Monday, August 17, 2009

KBB2 Problem 7

Prove that for any $n > 1$, the polynomial

$P(x) = 2008x^n + 7x + 56$

cannot be factored into two non-trivial integer polynomials.

(A polynomial is non-trivial if its highest degree is greater than one)