PPP Volume II


1.

Prove that the product of 4 consecutive positive integers cannot be a perfect square.


2.

Given an infinite number of points in a plane, prove that if all the distances determined between them are integers, then the points are all in a straight line.


3.

Prove that every positive integer has a multiple whose decimal representation involves all ten digits.


4.

Show that if the differential equation

M(x,y)dx + N(x,y)dy = 0

is both homogeneous and exact, then the solution y = f(x) satisfies xM + yN = C (constant).


5.

A sphere rolls along two intersecting straight lines. Find the locus of its center.


6.

Determine all polynomials P(x) such that P(x2+1) = (P(x))2 + 1 and P(0) = 0.