Problem of the Week

Find all polynomials of degree 4 whose graph has both an integer value and an integer slope at the three integer values x = a, x = b, and x = c. Do such polynomials always exist? If not, then what conditions on a,b,c are needed? (Note: The polynomial need not have integer coefficients.)

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