Let be a quotient of two quadratic polynomials. Given that for all , compute .
Solution
Let . Then, has as roots. Therefore, WLOG, let Thus, , so . Plugging in the above equation also gives . Hence, the answer is . Remark. From the solution above, it is not hard to see that the unique that satisfies the problem is
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