Let . Find the number of ordered 4-tuples of integers (not necessarily distinct) such that for every integer is divisible by .
Solution
Note that . Thus the polynomial rewrites as which by the classification of integer-valued polynomials is divisible by always if and only if are always divisible by . We can eliminate and (trivially) from the system: it's equivalent to the system , . So we want times the number of with . So there are choices for , and then given such a choice of there are choices for . So we have solutions total.
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