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KöMaL problem A, 2014

Number theory Difficulty 7.0 National Olympiad, round 2 Find the answer Hungary

There is given a prime number pp and two positive integers, kk and nn. Determine the smallest nonnegative integer dd for which there exists a polynomial f(x1,…,xn)f(x_1,\dots,x_n) on nn variables, with degree dd and having integer coefficients that satisfies the following property: for arbitrary a1,…,an∈{0,1}a_1,\dots,a_n\in\{0,1\}, pp divides f(a1,…,an)f(a_1,\dots,a_n) if and only if pkp^k divides a1+⋯+ana_1+\dots+a_n.
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