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hsbhatt sir plz gave me full solution of that question.



(1) if p(x) = 1+x+x2+x3...............xm




and p(xn) is divisable by  p(x) then find he relation between m and n.


    
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P(x) =


 



 


For  P()  to be divisible by P(x), every divisor of  P(x) must be a divisor of P().


 


The divisors  of  P(x)  are the non-real roots of 


 


So now if  is a root of  the above  equation  then (x-)  is a divisor of P(x) and must  be a  divisor of  P()


 


Two  cases  arise:


 


1. nm+1


Suppose  m+1 is a multiple of n then   and hence P(x) is not a divisor. If  n is prime to m+1 then



and so P(x) is a divisor


2. n>m+1


If n is a multiple of m+1 then   and P(x) is not a divisor


If n r mod (m+1) then where r<m+1 and we can use the same argument as in case 1


In general we can say n r mod (m+1) where gcd(r,m+1) = 1

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I am unable to edit my earlier post, but I just want to say that when we say that nr mod m+1 where r is prime to  m+1 is the same as stating that n is prime to m+1.


So the condition is that n and m+1 are relatively prime

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